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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sterling 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 16 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sterling. In addition, the list contains another 128 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sterling. In total, we've identified 144 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Sterling.

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 Sterling.  

Newspapers Published In Sterling ...

We know of 16 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sterling (between 1873 and the present) :


The following papers were published when Sterling was known as Peace:

Newspapers Neighboring Sterling ...

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

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

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 from Point A (ie- Sterling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2090, Longitude: -98.2056