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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Traverse City 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 20 papers that were published in the immediate area of Traverse City. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Traverse City. In total, we've identified 72 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Traverse City.

Newspapers Published In Traverse City ...

We know of 20 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Traverse City:

Newspapers Neighboring Traverse City ...

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

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

  • Published In Elk Rapids [Antrim County] ...
    • Elk Rapids Eagle (from 186?)
      • The first year of publication was in 186?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Elk Rapids Eagle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97063446
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37931416
    • Elk Rapids Progress (from 1881)
    • The Town Meeting (from 19??)
    • Traverse Bay Progress (from 1872)
  • Published In Maple City [Leelanau County] ...
  • Published In Suttons Bay [Leelanau County] ...
  • Published In Alden [Antrim County] ...
    • The Alden Wave (from 18??)
  • Published In Leland [Leelanau County] ...
  • Published In Clam Lake [Antrim County] ...
    • Clam Lake News (from 1872)
  • Published In Empire [Leelanau County] ...
    • The Empire Journal
  • Published In Kalkaska [Kalkaska County] ...
  • Published In Thompsonville [Benzie County] ...
  • Published In Sherman [Wexford County] ...
  • Published In Bellaire [Antrim County] ...
  • Published In Benzonia [Benzie County] ...
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Traverse City: www.ci.traverse-city.mi.us/

The official website for Grand Traverse County: www.grandtraverse.org/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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- Traverse City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Traverse City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7629, Longitude: -85.6211    









 

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