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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Portis 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Portis. In addition, the list contains another 132 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Portis. In total, we've identified 136 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Portis.

Newspapers Published In Portis ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Portis:

  • Portis Independent (from 1904)
  • Portis Patriot (from 1881)
  • The Globe (from 1890)
  • The Whisperer (from 1890)

Newspapers Neighboring Portis ...

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

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

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- Portis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5637, Longitude: -98.6919