Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bakerfield 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 Bakerfield. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bakerfield. Our list contains 4 papers that were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Bakerfield.

Newspapers Neighboring Bakerfield ...

The following newspapers were published within 4 miles [6.4 km] of Bakerfield.

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

Published In Baker ...
- The Observer (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1989
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17500248
Published In Zachary ...
- The Plainsman (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Plainsman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064399
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17900844
- The Zachary Excuse (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Zachary Excuse
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064575
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18286883
- The Zachary Plainsman-News (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Zachary Plainsman-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064401
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17900865

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bakerfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bakerfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5821, Longitude: -91.1787 In this case, the coordinates for Bakerfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).