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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ford 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ford. In addition, the list contains another 91 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ford. In total, we've identified 93 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ford.

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 Ford.  

Newspapers Published In Ford ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Ford:

  • Ford Gazette (from 1886)
  • The Ford Promoter (from 1909)

Newspapers Neighboring Ford ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6366, Longitude: -99.7538       In this case, the coordinates for Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).