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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Lafayette 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Lafayette. In addition, the list contains another 114 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Lafayette. In total, we've identified 117 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of West Lafayette.

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 West Lafayette.  

Newspapers Published In West Lafayette ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of West Lafayette:

  • The Indicator (from 190?)
  • The Messenger (from 191?)
  • West Lafayette Press (from 190?)

Newspapers Neighboring West Lafayette ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of West Lafayette.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Lafayette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Lafayette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2762, Longitude: -81.7517       In this case, the coordinates for West Lafayette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).