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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jackson Heights 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jackson Heights. In addition, the list contains another 125 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jackson Heights. In total, we've identified 127 papers within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Jackson Heights.

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 Jackson Heights.  

Newspapers Published In Jackson Heights ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Jackson Heights:

  • El Sol (from 1982)
    • Years of publication:  1982 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the El Sol
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99067201
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40401753
  • Pakistan Times USA (from 2000)

Newspapers Neighboring Jackson Heights ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Jackson Heights.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jackson Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7560, Longitude: -73.8817