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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Polk 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Polk. In addition, the list contains another 101 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Polk. In total, we've identified 104 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Polk.

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 Polk.  

Newspapers Published In Polk ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Polk:

  • Polking Around (from 1990)
  • The Polk Progress (from 190?)
  • The Progress (from 190?)

Newspapers Neighboring Polk ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Polk.

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

  • Published In Hordville [Hamilton County] ...
  • Published In Benedict [York County] ...
  • Published In Clarks [Merrick County] ...
  • Published In Stromsburg  ...
  • Published In Central City [Merrick County] ...
  • Published In Marquette [Hamilton County] ...
  • Published In Bradshaw [York County] ...
  • Published In Hampton [Hamilton County] ...
    • Hampton Journal (from 1882)
    • Hampton Reporter (from 1892)
    • The Hampton Herald (from 1884)
    • The Hampton Ledger (from 1937)
    • The Hampton Record (from 1901)
    • The Hampton Star (from 1898)
      • The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Hampton Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95073139
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 33267115
    • The Hampton Times (from 1891)
  • Published In Osceola  ...
  • Published In Silver Creek [Merrick County] ...
  • Published In York [York County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of York. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for York
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Polk. This extended list includes all the papers from York. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Polk
  • Published In Aurora [Hamilton County] ...
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Published In Gresham [York County] ...
    • Published In Henderson [York County] ...
    • Published In Shelby  ...
    • Published In Waco [York County] ...
      • The Waco Star (from 1916)
      • The Waconian (from 1919)
    • Published In Fullerton [Nance County] ...
    • Published In McCool Junction [York County] ...
    • Published In Surprise [Butler County] ...
    • Published In Genoa [Nance County] ...
    • Published In Palmer [Merrick County] ...
    • Published In Rising City [Butler County] ...
    • Published In Stockham [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Utica [Seward County] ...
      • The Utica Record (from 1883)
      • The Utica Sun (from 1912)
      • The Utica Sun (from 1877)
      • The Utica Weekly Sun (from 1909)
    • Published In Giltner [Hamilton County] ...
    • Published In Monroe [Platte County] ...
    • Published In Ulysses [Butler County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Polk. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.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- Polk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0757, Longitude: -97.7838    









 

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