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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakland City 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland City. In addition, the list contains another 72 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oakland City. In total, we've identified 75 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Oakland City.

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 Oakland City.  

Newspapers Published In Oakland City ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oakland City:

  • Oakland City Herald (from 1947)
  • Oakland City Journal
  • Oakland Independent (from 1871)

Newspapers Neighboring Oakland City ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oakland City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3386, Longitude: -87.3467