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:
- Commercial-Review (from 1901)
- Daily Commercial (from 1893)
- Jay County Bazoo (from 1886)
- Jay County Democrat (from 1856)
- Jay County Granger (from 1873)
- Jay County Republican (from 1887)
- Portland Commercial-Review (from 1916)
- Portland Daily Sun (from 1932)
- The Commercial-Review (from 1922)
- The Daily Commercial (from 1887)
- The Daily Sun (from 1908)
- The Graphic And Pennville Booster (from 1950)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- The Graphic (from 1949)
- The Graphic (from 1956)
- The Live Hoosier (from 1871)
- The Portland Commercial (from 1871)
- The Portland Democrat (from 1871)
- The Portland Journal (from 1852)
- The Portland Sun (from 188?)
- The Portland Weekly Sun (from 1879)
- The Semi-Weekly Sun (from 1896)
- The Sun (from 1896)
- The Weekly Sun (from 1908)
- Weekly Commercial (from 1893)
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 ...
- The Times-Journal (from 1921)
- Published In Ridgeville [Randolph County] ...
- The Randolph County News (from 1925)
- The Ridgeville Banner (from 1884)
- The Ridgeville News (from 1889)
- The Ridgeville Record (from 1902)
- The Ridgeville Weekly News
- Published In Fort Recovery [Mercer County] ...
- Fort Recovery Journal (from 18??)
- Fort Recovery Record (from 1919)
- Fort Recovery Times (from 1924)
- The Fort Recovery Tribune (from 19??)
- The Fort Recovery Weekly Times (from 1885)
- The Journal And The Mercer County Photo-News (from 1939)
- The Journal (from 1931)
- The Journal (from 1950)
- The Journal (from 1959)
- The New Era (from 1878)
- The Tri-County Record (from 19??)
- Published In Berne [Adams County] ...
- Adams County Witness (from 1922)
- Berne Tri-Weekly News (from 1976)
- The Adams County Sun & Berne Daily Witness (from 1974)
- The Berne Tri-Weekly (from 1993)
- The Berne Witness (from 1896)
- The Berne Witness (from 1932)
- Published In Millgrove [Blackford County] ...
- The Millgrove Mail (from 189?)
- The Millgrove Record (from 189?)
- Published In Saint Henry [Mercer County] ...
- The St. Henry Advocate (from 1907)
- Published In Farmland [Randolph County] ...
- Farmland Enterprise (from 1888)
- The Farmland Reporter (from 1906)
- Published In Montpelier [Blackford County] ...
- The Evening Herald (from 1895)
- The Montpelier Herald (from 189?)
- Published In Union City [Randolph County] ...
- The Evening Times (from 1911)
- The Times-Gazette (from 1939)
- The Union City Eagle (from 1863)
- The Union City Gazette (from 1937)
- The Union City Times-Gazette (from 1945)
- Union City Commercial (from 187?)
- Union City Gazette (from 1870)
- Union City Times (from 1873)
- 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] ...
- Mercer County Chronicle-Journal (from 1958)
- Mercer County Chronicle (from 1959)
- The Coldwater Chronicle (from 19??)
- The Mercer County Chronicle (from 1936)
- Published In Eaton [Delaware County] ...
- The Community Spectator (from 1924)
- The Herald (from 1939)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Published In Hartford City [Blackford County] ...
- Blackford County News (from 1858)
- Hartford City Arena (from 189?)
- Hartford City News-Times (from 1937)
- Hartford City Register (from 1856)
- Hartford City Telegram (from 1877)
- Hartford City Times Gazette (from 19??)
- The Arena (from 1891)
- The Daily Journal (from 1909)
- The Daily Republican (from 189?)
- The Daily Times Gazette (from 1905)
- The Evening News (from 1894)
- The Hartford City Daily Gazette (from 1901)
- The Hartford City News (from 191?)
- The Hartford City Times (from 1885)
- The Hartford City Union (from 1862)
- The News-Times (from 1999)
- The Rural Beacon
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Rural Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91099305
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23685927
- Published In Parker City [Randolph County] ...
- Parker City News (from 1894)
- Published In Celina [Mercer County] ...
- Deutsches Kleeblatt (from 1883)
- Mercer County Bote (from 1884)
- Mercer County Observer (from 1874)
- Mercer County Standard (from 1868)
- The Celina Advocate (from 1905)
- The Celina Democrat (from 1895)
- The Celina Journal (from 1871)
- The Daily Standard (from 1905)
- The Mercer County Chronicle And The Coldwater Chronicle (from 1936)
- The Union Banner (from 186?)
- The Union Patriot (from 1868)
- The Western Democrat (from 1874)
- The Western Standard (from 1848)
- Workingmen's Journal (from 1868)
- Published In Bluffton [Wells County] ...
- American Volunteer (from 1899)
- Bluffton Banner (from 1850)
- Bluffton Chronicle (from 1890)
- Bluffton Evening News (from 1920)
- Bluffton News-Banner (from 1942)
- Bluffton Standard (from 186?)
- Bluffton Weekly Chronicle (from 1879)
- Evening News-Banner (from 1929)
- Greenback Times (from 1878)
- Little Lively (from 1872)
- Sewell's Comic Advertiser (from 187?)
- The Banner (from 186?)
- The Blade (from 1859)
- The Bluffton Banner (from 1870)
- The Bluffton Chronicle (from 18??)
- The Budget (from 1861)
- The Evening Banner (from 1899)
- The Evening News (from 1892)
- The Gem (from 1873)
- Years of publication: 1873 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gem
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87056810
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16907911
- The News-Banner (from 1998)
- The People's Press (from 1855)
- The Regulator (from 1858)
- The Shoo Fly (from 1872)
- Wells County Times (from 1878)
- Published In Ansonia [Darke County] ...
- The Ansonia Herald (from 1899)
- The Ansonia Mirror (from 1881)
- The Ansonian (from 1924)
- Published In Willshire [Van Wert County] ...
- Photo Star (from 1960)
- Years of publication: 1960 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Photo Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN79002750
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 4938932
- Willshire Herald (from 19??)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Portland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jay County: www.co.jay.in.us/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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 |