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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portage.

Our newspaper information for Portage is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Portage. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Portage. Our list contains 176 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Portage.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portage.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Portage ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Portage.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Portage.

  • Published In Galena  ...
    • We know of 42 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Galena. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Galena
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Portage. This extended list includes all the papers from Galena. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portage.

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  • Published In Bellevue [Jackson County] ...
  • Published In East Dubuque  ...
  • Published In Elizabeth  ...
  • Published In Dubuque [Dubuque County] ...
    • We know of 99 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dubuque. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dubuque
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Portage. This extended list includes all the papers from Dubuque. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portage.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Benton [Lafayette County] ...
  • Published In Cuba City [Grant County] ...
  • Published In Shullsburg [Lafayette County] ...
  • Published In Apple River  ...
  • Published In Preston [Jackson County] ...
  • Published In Stockton  ...
    • Scoop (from 1933)
      • Years of publication:  1933 to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Scoop
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055947
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28479698
    • Stockton Herald-News (from 1919)
    • Stockton Maple Leaf (from 1892)
    • Stockton/Warren Gazette (from 1988)
    • The Stockton Herald (from 1888)
    • The Stockton News (from 1898)
  • Published In Epworth [Dubuque County] ...
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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3828, Longitude: -90.4565       In this case, the coordinates for Portage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).