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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Houghton 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 Houghton. In addition, the list contains another 147 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Houghton. In total, we've identified 148 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Houghton.

Newspapers Published In Houghton ...

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

  • Houghton Index (from 188?)
    • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Houghton Index
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90066167
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22434540

Newspapers Neighboring Houghton ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Houghton.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Houghton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Houghton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4258, Longitude: -78.1556