Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fort Custer.
Our newspaper information for Fort Custer 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Custer. In addition, the list contains another 99 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fort Custer. In total, we've identified 106 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Fort Custer.
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 Fort Custer.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Fort Custer ...
We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Fort Custer (between 1918 and 1944) :
- Fort Custer News (from 194?)
- Salute (from 1941)
- Years of publication: 1941 to 1943
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Salute
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069282
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21417687
The following papers were published when Fort Custer was known as Camp Custer:
- Custer Life (from 1918)
- Deine Kirche (from 194?)
- Der Stacheldraht (from 1944)
- Deutsche LagerZeitung (from 1945)
- Unter Dem Wort (from 1945)
Newspapers Neighboring Fort Custer ...
The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Fort Custer.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Fort Custer.
- Published In Augusta [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Augusta Beacon (from 1902)
- Published In Climax [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Climax Beacon (from 1895)
- The Climax Cereal (from 1900)
- The Climax Crescent (from 1912)
- Published In Galesburg [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Galesburg Mirror (from 1897)
- The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Galesburg Mirror
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00062720
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45232605
- Kalamazoo County Enterprise (from 18??)
- Smiley's Kalamazoo County Enterprise (from 1890)
- The Argus (from 1964)
- The first year of publication was in 1964, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Argus
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95077582
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33977060
- The Citizens' Weekly (from 1893)
- The Enterprise
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95077656
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34055610
- The Galesburg Express (from 1880)
- Published In Battle Creek ...
- We know of 42 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Battle Creek. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Battle Creek
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Fort Custer. This extended list includes all the papers from Battle Creek. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fort Custer.
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- Published In Parchment [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Parchment News (from 192?)
- The Parchment Journal (from 1954)
- Published In Ceresco ...
- The Ceresco Pioneer (from 1873)
- Published In Kalamazoo [Kalamazoo County] ...
- We know of 81 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Kalamazoo. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Kalamazoo
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Fort Custer. This extended list includes all the papers from Kalamazoo. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fort Custer.
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- Published In Delton [Barry County] ...
- The Delton Times (from 1958)
- Published In Athens ...
- The Athens Times (from 1883)
- Published In Portage [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Portage Headliner (from 1967)
- Portage Herald-Headliner (from 1969)
- Portage Patriot (from 1984)
- The Portage Herald (from 1958)
- Published In Prairieville [Barry County] ...
- Published In Vicksburg [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Rural News And Views (from 19??)
- The Commercial-Express (from 1977)
- The Commercial (from 1887)
- The Vicksburg Commercial (from 1899)
- The Vicksburg Commercial (from 1933)
- The Vicksburg Semi-Weekly Commercial (from 1901)
- The Vicksburg Twice-A-Week Herald (from 19??)
- The Wolverine Crank (from 1904)
- Vicksburg Commercial (from 1879)
- Vicksburg Herald (from 19??)
- Vicksburg Semi-Weekly Monitor (from 1875)
- Vicksburg Union (from 1873)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Published In Bellevue [Eaton County] ...
- Bellevue Gazette
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bellevue Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98066025
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38932478
- Bellevue Weekly Gazette (from 1871)
- Bellville Mirador (from 1881)
- Published In Burlington ...
- Burlington Echo (from 18??)
- Published In Marshall ...
- We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Fort Custer. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fort Custer.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Union City [Branch County] ...
- Register-Tribune
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Register-Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97063295
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36627269
- The Union City Register (from 1869)
- The Unionville Crescent (from 18??)
- The Unionville Sun (from 18??)
- Union City Register-Weekly (from 19??)
- Union City Semi-Weekly Register (from 18??)
- Published In Plainwell [Allegan County] ...
- Plainwell Enterprise (from 1886)
- Plainwell Republic (from 1871)
- Published In Mendon [Saint Joseph County] ...
- Mendon Activator (from 19??)
- Mendon Weekly Times (from 1874)
- The Mendon Globe-Leader (from 1912)
- The Mendon Leader (from 1894)
- The Weekly Globe (from 1876)
- Published In Schoolcraft [Kalamazoo County] ...
- Dispatch And News (from 1873)
- Schoolcraft Express (from 18??)
- The Schoolcraft Dispatch (from 1869)
- Published In Olivet [Eaton County] ...
- The Olivet News (from 18??)
- The Olivet Obiter (from 1885)
- The Olivet Optic (from 1889)
- Published In Otsego [Allegan County] ...
- Allegan County Record (from 1869)
- Otsego Herald (from 1866)
- The first year of publication was in 1866, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Otsego Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00062661
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45231659
- Otsego Union (from 1875)
- The Otsego Courier (from 1855)
- The Otsego Union (from 18??)
- The Weekly Union (from 1875)
- Published In Tekonsha ...
- Tekonsha Tribune (from 195?)
- The Southern Michigan Farmer (from 1959)
- The Tekonsha Patriot
- The Tekonsha Reporter (from 1873)
- Published In Colon [Saint Joseph County] ...
- The Colon Enterprise (from 1871)
- The Colon Express (from 18??)
- The Express (from 1963)
- Published In Hastings [Barry County] ...
- Barry County Democrat (from 18??)
- Barry County Pioneer (from 1851)
- Hastings Herald (from 1880)
- Hastings Home Journal (from 1869)
- Hastings Independent Reporter (from 1983)
- Hastings Journal-Herald (from 1911)
- Hastings Republican Banner (from 1877)
- Hastings Republican Banner (from 1870)
- Hastings, Michigan Independent Reporter (from 1983)
- Republican Banner (from 1856)
- The Barry County Review (from 185?)
- The Barry Pioneer (from 185?)
- The Hastings Banner (from 188?)
- The Hastings Banner (from 1862)
- The Hastings Journal (from 1885)
- The Hastings Reminder (from 19??)
- The Reminder (from 19??)
- The Semi-Weekly Hastings Republican Banner (from 1876)
- The Weekly Reminder (from 19??)
- Published In Martin [Allegan County] ...
- Martin Leader (from 18??)
- Martin Star (from 1961)
- The Messenger (from 18??)
- Published In Nashville [Barry County] ...
- Maple Valley News (from 1966)
- The Nashville News (from 1873)
- Published In Vermontville [Eaton County] ...
- The Vermontville Echo (from 1885)
- Vermontville Enterprise (from 1874)
- Published In Nottawa [Saint Joseph County] ...
- Published In Centreville [Saint Joseph County] ...
- Centreville Democrat (from 1841)
- Centreville Republican (from 184?)
- Centreville Times (from 1885)
- Crusader (from 18??)
- Michigan Farmer (from 1839)
- St. Joseph County Republican (from 184?)
- St. Joseph County Republican (from 1869)
- The Centreville Observer (from 1890)
- The Peninsular (from 1836)
- Published In Gobles [Van Buren County] ...
- Published In Lawton [Van Buren County] ...
- Lawton Leader (from 1887)
- The Leader (from 1965)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Custer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Custer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3055, Longitude: -85.3172 |