Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Valparaiso.
Our newspaper information for Valparaiso 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 27 papers that were published in the immediate area of Valparaiso. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Valparaiso. In total, we've identified 68 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Valparaiso.
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 Valparaiso.
Newspapers Published In Valparaiso ...
We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Valparaiso:
- Hobart Chronicle (from 200?)
- Porter County Vidette And Republican (from 1868)
- Porter County Vidette (from 1874)
- Porter County Vidette (from 1897)
- Porter Democrat (from 185?)
- The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Porter Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98066036
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38743035
- Practical Observer (from 1849)
- Practical Observer (from 1852)
- The Daily Vidette (from 1903)
- The Democratic Messenger (from 1871)
- The Evening Messenger (from 1891)
- The Forum (from 1971)
- The Messenger (from 1891)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- The Republican (from 1842)
- The Republic (from 1859)
- The Times (from 1999)
- The Valparaiso Messenger (from 1873)
- The Vidette-Messenger (from 1927)
- Valparaiso Daily Vidette (from 1894)
- Valparaiso Daily Vidette (from 1911)
- Valparaiso Practical Observer (from 1851)
- Valparaiso Republican (from 1867)
- Valparaiso Weekly Vidette (from 1894)
- Vanguard (from 1954)
- Years of publication: 1954 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Vanguard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93060394
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28983648
- Vidette And Republic (from 1866)
- Vidette-Messenger Of Porter County (from 1989)
- Vidette-Times (from 1995)
- Western Ranger (from 1844)
Newspapers Neighboring Valparaiso ...
The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Valparaiso.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Valparaiso.
- Published In Westville [LaPorte County] ...
- Westville Indicator (from 18??)
- Westville Times (from 1881)
- Published In Portage ...
- Portage Journal Press (from 1984)
- Portage Journal (from 1983)
- Portage News (from 1959)
- Portage Press (from 1971)
- Portage Wave (from 1967)
- Published In Wanatah [LaPorte County] ...
- The Wanatah Mirror (from 18??)
- 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 Kouts ...
- The Kouts Times (from 1950)
- 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 Merrillville [Lake County] ...
- The Merrillville Herald (from 1983)
- Published In La Crosse [LaPorte County] ...
- La Crosse Sentinel (from 1915)
- The Regional News (from 1955)
- Published In Union Mills [LaPorte County] ...
- The La Porte County News (from 190?)
- The Union Mills Tribune (from 1924)
- 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 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 Valparaiso. 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 Valparaiso
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- 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 Griffith [Lake County] ...
- Southeast Calumet News (from 1930)
- The Calumet Weekly News (from 1932)
- The Calumet Weekly (from 1944)
- Published In La Porte [LaPorte County] ...
- We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of La Porte. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for La Porte
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Valparaiso. This extended list includes all the papers from La Porte. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Valparaiso
- Published In Wheatfield [Jasper County] ...
- Kankakee Valley Telephone (from 1898)
- Profile Herald (from 1968)
- The Kankakee Valley Profile Herald (from 196?)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Valparaiso: www.ci.valparaiso.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 'straight-line' (or 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- Valparaiso) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valparaiso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4782, Longitude: -87.0554 |