Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portage.
Our newspaper information for Portage 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portage. In addition, the list contains another 108 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portage. In total, we've identified 113 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Portage.
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 Portage.
Newspapers Published In Portage ...
We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Portage:
- Portage Journal Press (from 1984)
- Portage Journal (from 1983)
- Portage News (from 1959)
- Portage Press (from 1971)
- Portage Wave (from 1967)
Newspapers Neighboring Portage ...
The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Portage.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Portage.
- Published In Hobart [Lake County] ...
- Hobart Gazette News (from 1999)
- Hobart Index Combined With The Commonwealth (from 1934)
- Lake County News-Times (from 1928)
- The Hobart Advertiser (from 1884)
- The Hobart Gazette (from 1889)
- The Hobart Gazette (from 1939)
- The Hobart Index (from 1932)
- The Hobart News-Gazette (from 1936)
- The Hobart News (from 1910)
- The Hobart Tribune (from 188?)
- The Indiana Cyclone (from 1899)
- Published In Gary [Lake County] ...
- 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Portage. 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 Portage
- Published In Valparaiso ...
- We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Valparaiso. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Valparaiso
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Portage. This extended list includes all the papers from Valparaiso. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portage
- Published In Merrillville [Lake County] ...
- The Merrillville Herald (from 1983)
- Published In Griffith [Lake County] ...
- Southeast Calumet News (from 1930)
- The Calumet Weekly News (from 1932)
- The Calumet Weekly (from 1944)
- Published In Beverly Shores ...
- Published In Crown Point [Lake County] ...
- Crown Point Cosmos (from 1877)
- Crown Point Star (from 1998)
- Lake County Herald (from 1876)
- Lake County Herald (from 1857)
- Lake County Jeffersonian (from 18??)
- The Crown Point Herald (from 1872)
- The Crown Point Register (from 1857)
- The Lake County Star (from 1880)
- Published In Highland [Lake County] ...
- Calumet Press (from 1998)
- The Calumet Press (from 1989)
- The Calumet Press (from 1991)
- The Calumet Press (from 1991)
- The Calumet Press (from 1989)
- The Calumet Press (from 1959)
- Published In Westville [LaPorte County] ...
- Westville Indicator (from 18??)
- Westville Times (from 1881)
- Published In Hammond [Lake County] ...
- Compass (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 1976
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Compass
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86058239
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13084238
- Indiana Staats-Herold (from 1931)
- The Hammond Daily Tribune (from 1883)
- The Hammond Times (from 1933)
- The Lake County News (from 1890)
- The Lake County Times (from 1906)
- The Times (from 1967)
- Published In Munster [Lake County] ...
- The Calumet Times (from 19??)
- The Hammond Times (from 1990)
- The Illinois Times (from 19??)
- The Times (Munster, Ind) (from 1997)
- Published In Whiting [Lake County] ...
- The Whiting Evening Times (from 1928)
- The Whiting News (from 18??)
- Times-Graphic (from 1948)
- Whiting Times (from 1935)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Published In Hebron ...
- Porter County Herald (from 1931)
- The Hebron Herald (from 1929)
- The Hebron News (from 1895)
- Weekly Hebron Sun (from 1873)
- Published In Michigan City [LaPorte County] ...
- Every Day Enterprise (from 1882)
- Lake Shore Outlook (from 1949)
- Michigan City Dispatch (from 1885)
- Michigan City Dispatch (from 1879)
- Michigan City Enterprise (from 1855)
- Michigan City Gazette, And General Advertiser (from 1835)
- Michigan City News (from 1847)
- Michigan City News (from 1875)
- Michigan City News (from 1922)
- Michigan City Review (from 194?)
- Michigan City Times (from 1837)
- Michigan City Weekly Dispatch (from 1882)
- News-Dispatch (from 1938)
- The Beacher (from 19??)
- The Evening Dispatch (from 1881)
- The Evening News (from 1887)
- The Michigan City News (from 1887)
- Western Citizen (from 18??)
- Published In Lansing [Cook County] ...
- Calumet City Edition Of The Journal (from 1967)
- Calumet City Journal (from 195?)
- Calumet City Sun-Journal (from 1969)
- Calumet City Sun (from 1972)
- Lansing Economist Pointer (from 19??)
- Sun Journal (from 1976)
- The Calumet Day (from 1969)
- The Calumet Day (from 19??)
- The Calumet Day (from 1983)
- The Calumet Day (from 1983)
- The Calumet Day (from 1984)
- The Calumet Day (from 1984)
- The Daily Calumet And Pointer (from 1987)
- The Daily Calumet And Pointer (from 1987)
- The Daily Calumet (from 1984)
- The Daily Calumet (from 1989)
- The Daily Calumet (from 1984)
- The Daily Calumet (from 1989)
- The Lansing Journal (from 1931)
- The Sun (from 1970)
- Years of publication: 1970 to 197?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94054459
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30758371
- Published In Wanatah [LaPorte County] ...
- The Wanatah Mirror (from 18??)
- Published In Hegewisch [Cook County] ...
- Hegewisch Journal (from 18??)
- Published In Kouts ...
- The Kouts Times (from 1950)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Portage: www.ci.portage.in.us/
The official website for Porter County: www.porterco.org/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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- Portage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5803, Longitude: -87.1832 |