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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Atchison 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 66 papers that were published in the immediate area of Atchison. In addition, the list contains another 51 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Atchison. In total, we've identified 117 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Atchison.

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 Atchison.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Atchison ...

We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Atchison:

Newspapers Neighboring Atchison ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Atchison.

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

  • Published In Doniphan [Doniphan County] ...
  • Published In Potter  ...
  • Published In De Kalb [Buchanan County] ...
  • Published In Brenner [Doniphan County] ...
  • Published In Bendena [Doniphan County] ...
    • Bendena Echo (from 1889)
    • The Telephone (from 1906)
  • Published In Denton [Doniphan County] ...
    • Denton Journal (from 1897)
    • The Denton Wheel (from 1895)
  • Published In Easton [Leavenworth County] ...
    • Easton Light (from 1895)
    • Easton Light (from 1900)
    • Easton Transcript (from 1911)
    • The Easton Herald (from 1904)
    • The Transcript (from 1908)
  • Published In Effingham  ...
  • Published In Nortonville [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Palermo [Doniphan County] ...
  • Published In Severance [Doniphan County] ...
  • Published In Troy [Doniphan County] ...
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Published In Wathena [Doniphan County] ...
    • Published In Weston [Platte County] ...
    • Published In Everest [Brown County] ...
    • Published In Elwood [Doniphan County] ...
    • Published In Leona [Doniphan County] ...
    • Published In Dearborn [Platte County] ...
      • Dearborn Democrat (from 189?)
      • The Democrat (from 1890)
    • Published In Leavenworth [Leavenworth County] ...
      • We know of 127 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Leavenworth. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Leavenworth
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Atchison. This extended list includes all the papers from Leavenworth. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Atchison.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Saint Joseph [Buchanan County] ...
      • We know of 103 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Saint Joseph. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Saint Joseph
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Atchison. This extended list includes all the papers from Saint Joseph. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Atchison.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Muscotah  ...
      • Muscotah News (from 1880)
      • Muscotah Record (from 1884)
    • Published In Camden Point [Platte County] ...
      • The Home Bee
        • 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 Home Bee
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93060077
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28946844
      • The Platte County News (from 1917)
    • Published In Horton [Brown County] ...
    • Published In Arrington  ...
    • Published In Robinson [Brown County] ...
    • Published In Valley Falls [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Willis [Brown County] ...
      • The Journal (from 1897)
    • Published In Platte City [Platte County] ...
    • Published In McLouth [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Oskaloosa [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Whiting [Jackson County] ...
    • Published In Edgerton [Platte County] ...
    • Published In Easton [Buchanan County] ...
    • Published In Ozawkie [Jefferson County] ...
    • Published In Gower [Clinton County] ...
      • Gower Enterprise (from 1905)
      • Gower epitomist (from 1897)
    • Published In Denison [Jackson County] ...
    • Published In Hiawatha [Brown County] ...
      • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Hiawatha. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Hiawatha
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Atchison. This extended list includes all the papers from Hiawatha. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Atchison.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Forest City [Holt County] ...
    • Published In Oregon [Holt County] ...

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- Atchison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atchison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5618, Longitude: -95.1218