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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Placitas is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Placitas. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Placitas. Our list contains 2 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Placitas.

Newspapers Neighboring Placitas ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Placitas.

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

  • Published In Tierra Amarilla  ...
    • El Nuevo Estado (from 1907)
    • The New State (from 1916)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Placitas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Placitas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4459, Longitude: -106.4417       In this case, the coordinates for Placitas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).