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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rockland 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rockland. In addition, the list contains another 44 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rockland. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Rockland.

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 Rockland.  

Newspapers Published In Rockland ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rockland:

Newspapers Neighboring Rockland ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Rockland.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rockland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1307, Longitude: -70.9162       In this case, the coordinates for Rockland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).