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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Polk is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Polk. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Polk. Our list contains 89 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Polk.

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 Polk.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Polk ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Polk.

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

  • Published In Arma  ...
    • The Arma Record (from 1915)
  • Published In Girard  ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Girard. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Girard
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Polk. This extended list includes all the papers from Girard. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Polk.

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  • Published In Farlington  ...
  • Published In Frontenac  ...
  • Published In Arcadia  ...
  • Published In Pittsburg  ...
    • We know of 55 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pittsburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pittsburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Polk. This extended list includes all the papers from Pittsburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Polk.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Liberal [Barton County] ...
    • Liberal Enterprise (from 1902)
    • The Enterprise (from 1892)
    • The Liberal Independent (from 1891)
    • The Liberal News (from 1910)
    • The Liberal (from 1883)
  • Published In Garland [Bourbon County] ...
    • Garland Gazette (from 1905)
    • Garland Graphic (from 1905)
    • The Garland Gleaner (from 1886)
  • Published In Hepler  ...
  • Published In Hiattville [Bourbon County] ...
  • Published In Scammon [Cherokee County] ...
  • Published In Bronaugh [Vernon County] ...
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Published In McCune  ...
    • Published In Fort Scott [Bourbon County] ...
      • We know of 65 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fort Scott. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fort Scott
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Polk. This extended list includes all the papers from Fort Scott. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Polk.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In West Mineral [Cherokee County] ...
    • Published In Redfield [Bourbon County] ...
    • Published In Moundville [Vernon County] ...
    • Published In Saint Paul [Neosho County] ...
    • Published In Stark [Neosho County] ...
    • Published In Sheldon [Vernon County] ...
    • Published In Columbus [Cherokee County] ...
      • We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Polk. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Polk.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Savonburg [Allen County] ...
      • Savonburg Progress (from 1891)
      • The Savonburg Record (from 1898)
      • The Trio-News (from 1894)
    • Published In Lamar [Barton County] ...
    • Published In Erie [Neosho County] ...
    • Published In Richards [Vernon County] ...
    • Published In Elsmore [Allen County] ...
    • Published In Hallowell [Cherokee County] ...
      • The Enterprise (from 1895)
    • Published In Carl Junction [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Jasper [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Oronogo [Jasper County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Polk. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.crawfordcountykansas.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Polk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5434, Longitude: -94.7419       In this case, the coordinates for Polk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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