Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shafter 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 Shafter. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shafter. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Shafter.

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 Shafter.  

Newspapers Neighboring Shafter ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Shafter.

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

• Published In Burnside  ...
  • The Burnside Item (from 189?)
    • Years of publication:  189? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Burnside Item
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87060273
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15984763
  • The Burnside Star (from 191?)
    • Years of publication:  191? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Burnside Star
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86069572
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14276940
  • The Republic (from 1971)
    • Years of publication:  1971 to 197?
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Republic
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87060382
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17251758
• Published In Somerset  ...
  • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Somerset. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Somerset
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Shafter. This extended list includes all the papers from Somerset. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shafter
• Published In Monticello [Wayne County] ...
  • The Reporter (from 1974)
    • Years of publication:  1974 to 1986
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Reporter
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85052002
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11589970
  • The Wayne County News (from 1891)
    • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wayne County News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98065012
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39121163
  • The Wayne County Outlook (from 1904)
    • Years of publication:  1904 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wayne County Outlook
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86069527
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14231039
• Published In Jamestown [Russell County] ...
  • Russell County News (from 1913)
    • Years of publication:  1913 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Russell County News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84006809
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11058525