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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Stockton 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Stockton. In addition, the list contains another 104 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Stockton. In total, we've identified 110 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Stockton.

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 Stockton.  

Newspapers Published In Stockton ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of 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)

Newspapers Neighboring Stockton ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Stockton.

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stockton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stockton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3511, Longitude: -90.0072       In this case, the coordinates for Stockton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).