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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Far Rockaway 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Far Rockaway. In addition, the list contains another 115 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Far Rockaway. In total, we've identified 116 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Far Rockaway.

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 Far Rockaway.  

Newspapers Published In Far Rockaway ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Far Rockaway area:

  • Rockaway Rattler (from 1883)

Newspapers Neighboring Far Rockaway ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Far Rockaway.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Far Rockaway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Far Rockaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6006, Longitude: -73.7461