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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Claflin 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Claflin. In addition, the list contains another 151 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Claflin. In total, we've identified 157 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Claflin.

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 Claflin.  

Newspapers Published In Claflin ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Claflin:

  • Barton Banner (from 1897)
  • Barton County Banner (from 1890)
  • Claflin Clarion (from 1899)
  • Claflin Gazette (from 1888)
  • The Claflin Banner (from 1898)
  • The Claflin Leader (from 1894)

Newspapers Neighboring Claflin ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Claflin.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Claflin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claflin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5256, Longitude: -98.5349