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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alton 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 Alton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alton. Our list contains 250 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Alton.

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 Alton.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Alton ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Alton.

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

  • Published In Lowell  ...
    • Ledger-Suburban Life (from 1968)
    • Lowell Journal (from 1873)
    • Lowell Ledger (from 1893)
    • Lowell Star (from 1860)
    • Lowell Weekly Journal (from 18??)
    • Suburban Life (from 1955)
    • The Grand Valley Ledger (from 1975)
    • The Lowell Ledger (from 1987)
  • Published In Belding [Ionia County] ...
  • Published In Saranac [Ionia County] ...
  • Published In Greenville [Montcalm County] ...
  • Published In Rockford  ...
  • Published In Clarksville [Ionia County] ...
    • Clarksville Record
  • Published In Ionia [Ionia County] ...
  • Published In Fenwick [Montcalm County] ...
    • The Fenwick News (from 1903)
  • Published In Grand Rapids  ...
    • We know of 137 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Grand Rapids. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Grand Rapids
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Alton. This extended list includes all the papers from Grand Rapids. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Alton.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Caledonia  ...
  • Published In Cedar Springs  ...
  • Published In Freeport [Barry County] ...
    • Freeport Advertiser (from 1878)
    • The Freeport Herald (from 1883)
    • The Freeport News (from 1926)
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Alton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kent County: www.accesskent.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0164, Longitude: -85.3517       In this case, the coordinates for Alton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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