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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Tonopah 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 17 papers that were published in the immediate area of Tonopah. In addition, the list contains another 18 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Tonopah. In total, we've identified 35 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Tonopah.

Newspapers Published In Tonopah ...

We know of 17 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Tonopah (between 1901 and 1981) :


The following papers were published when Tonopah was known as Butler City:

  • Tonopah Bonanza (from 1901)
  • Tonopah Miner (from 1902)

Newspapers Neighboring Tonopah ...

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

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

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- Tonopah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tonopah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0664, Longitude: -117.2288