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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Crown Point 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Crown Point. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Crown Point. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Crown Point.

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 Crown Point.  

Newspapers Published In Crown Point ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Crown Point:

Newspapers Neighboring Crown Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Crown Point.

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

  • Published In Merrillville  ...
  • Published In Griffith  ...
  • Published In Hobart  ...
  • Published In Hebron [Porter County] ...
  • Published In Highland  ...
  • Published In Munster  ...
  • Published In Gary  ...
    • We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Gary. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Gary
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Crown Point. This extended list includes all the papers from Gary. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Crown Point
  • Published In Crete [Will County] ...
    • Crete Enterprise (from 1875)
    • The Crete Record (from 192?)
  • Published In Lansing [Cook County] ...
  • Published In Hammond  ...
  • Published In Portage [Porter County] ...
    • Portage Journal Press (from 1984)
    • Portage Journal (from 1983)
    • Portage News (from 1959)
    • Portage Press (from 1971)
    • Portage Wave (from 1967)
  • Published In Chicago Heights [Cook County] ...
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...

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- Crown Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crown Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4149, Longitude: -87.3547