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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alpena 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 23 papers that were published in the immediate area of Alpena. In addition, the list contains another 14 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alpena. In total, we've identified 37 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Alpena.

Newspapers Published In Alpena ...

We know of 23 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Alpena:

  • Alpena Argus-pioneer (from 1909)
  • Alpena Argus (from 1893)
    • Years of publication:  1893 to 1909
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card:   Alpena Argus
    • Holdings:   LCCN SN95077631
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34010901
    • ISSN Number:   2375-3420
  • Alpena Argus (from 1893)
  • Alpena County Pioneer (from 1866)
  • Alpena Daily Echo
  • Alpena Daily Reporter (from 18??)
  • Alpena Frolic (from 1873)
  • Alpena Journal (from 189?)
    • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Alpena Journal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98066187
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38849918
  • Alpena Weekly Argus (from 1871)
  • Alpena Weekly Argus (from 1871)
  • Frolic (from 1879)
    • Years of publication:  1879 to 1880
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Frolic
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98066941
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40048916
  • Labor Journal (from 1885)
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Newspapers Neighboring Alpena ...

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

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

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 from Point A (ie- Alpena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alpena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0614, Longitude: -83.4347