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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Otsego 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Otsego. In addition, the list contains another 182 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Otsego. In total, we've identified 188 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Otsego.

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 Otsego.  

Newspapers Published In Otsego ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Otsego:

  • 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)

Newspapers Neighboring Otsego ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Otsego.

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

  • Published In Plainwell  ...
  • Published In Martin  ...
    • Martin Leader (from 18??)
    • Martin Star (from 1961)
    • The Messenger (from 18??)
  • Published In Allegan  ...
  • Published In Gobles [Van Buren County] ...
    • Gobles News (from 1922)
  • Published In Parchment [Kalamazoo County] ...
  • 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Otsego. 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 Otsego
  • Published In Prairieville [Barry County] ...
    • The Prairieville Press
  • Published In Delton [Barry County] ...
    • The Delton Times (from 1958)
  • Published In Wayland  ...
    • Penasee Globe (from 1987)
    • The Saturday Globe (from 1893)
    • The Wayland Globe (from 1884)
    • The Wayland Globe (from 1906)
    • The Wayland News (from 187?)
  • 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 Portage [Kalamazoo County] ...
  • Published In Augusta [Kalamazoo County] ...
    • Augusta Beacon (from 1902)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otsego) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otsego. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4606, Longitude: -85.6968