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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Portland 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portland. In addition, the list contains another 96 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portland. In total, we've identified 120 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Portland.

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 Portland.  

Newspapers Published In Portland ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Portland:

Newspapers Neighboring Portland ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Portland.

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

  • Published In Redkey  ...
  • Published In Ridgeville [Randolph County] ...
  • Published In Fort Recovery [Mercer County] ...
  • Published In Berne [Adams County] ...
  • Published In Millgrove [Blackford County] ...
    • The Millgrove Mail (from 189?)
    • The Millgrove Record (from 189?)
  • Published In Saint Henry [Mercer County] ...
  • Published In Farmland [Randolph County] ...
  • Published In Montpelier [Blackford County] ...
  • Published In Union City [Randolph County] ...
  • Published In Winchester [Randolph County] ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Winchester. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Winchester
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from Winchester. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland
  • Published In Coldwater [Mercer County] ...
  • Published In Eaton [Delaware County] ...
  • Continue List   (6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Portland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4333, Longitude: -84.9779