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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Houghton 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Houghton. In addition, the list contains another 49 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Houghton. In total, we've identified 57 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Houghton.

Newspapers Published In Houghton ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Houghton:

  • Lode (from 1980)
    • Years of publication:  1980 to 1982
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Lode
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96077038
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 35395774
  • Michigan Tech Lode (from 1982)
  • Peninsula News (from 1994)
  • Sven Tuuva (from 1878)
  • The Daily Mining Gazette (from 1899)
  • The M.C.M. Lode (from 1921)
  • The Michigan Tech Lode (from 1932)
  • Upper Peninsula Post (from 1995)

Newspapers Neighboring Houghton ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Houghton.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Houghton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Houghton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1211, Longitude: -88.5693