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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Thomson 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Thomson. In addition, the list contains another 167 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Thomson. In total, we've identified 171 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Thomson.

Newspapers Published In Thomson ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Thomson:

  • Carroll County Review (from 1970)
  • Thomson Courier (from 1867)
  • Thomson Record (from 189?)
    • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Thomson Record
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055931
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28307178
  • Thomson Review
    • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1970
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Thomson Review
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055925
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28272178

Newspapers Neighboring Thomson ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Thomson.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Thomson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thomson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9589, Longitude: -90.0994