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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lowell 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 Lowell. In addition, the list contains another 249 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lowell. In total, we've identified 257 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Lowell.

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 Lowell.  

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

Newspapers Published In Lowell ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Lowell ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Lowell.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lowell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lowell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9336, Longitude: -85.3419