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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

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

The following list contains the names of 62 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rockford. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rockford. In total, we've identified 149 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Rockford.

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 Rockford.  

Newspapers Published In Rockford ...

We know of 62 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rockford:

Newspapers Neighboring Rockford ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Rockford.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2689, Longitude: -89.0847