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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Akron 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 85 papers that were published in the immediate area of Akron. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Akron. In total, we've identified 137 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Akron.

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 Akron.  

Newspapers Published In Akron ...

We know of 85 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Akron:

Newspapers Neighboring Akron ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Akron.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Akron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Akron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0755, Longitude: -81.5196