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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alvin 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 Alvin. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alvin. Our list contains 8 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alvin.

Newspapers Neighboring Alvin ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Alvin.

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

  • Published In Oscoda [Iosco County] ...
    • The Oscoda Press
  • Published In Harrisville  ...
  • Published In Lincoln  ...
  • Published In East Tawas [Iosco County] ...
  • Published In Tawas City [Iosco County] ...
    • Iosco Co. Pioneer
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Iosco Co. Pioneer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97070676
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38123558
    • The Tawas Herald (from 18??)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Alvin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alvin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5245, Longitude: -83.4425       In this case, the coordinates for Alvin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).