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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alfred 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Alfred. In addition, the list contains another 117 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alfred. In total, we've identified 118 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alfred.

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 Alfred.  

Newspapers Published In Alfred ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Alfred area:

  • Columbian Star (from 1824)

Newspapers Neighboring Alfred ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alfred.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alfred) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alfred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4764, Longitude: -70.7158