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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for John Day 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of John Day. In addition, the list contains another 8 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded John Day. In total, we've identified 12 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of John Day.

Newspapers Published In John Day ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of John Day:

Newspapers Neighboring John Day ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of John Day.

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

  • Published In Canyon City  ...
  • Published In Prairie City  ...
    • Grant County Journal (from 19??)
    • The Journal (from 1937)
  • Published In Long Creek  ...
    • Long Creek Eagle (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 Long Creek Eagle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93051653
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30117009
    • Long Creek Ranger (from 19??)

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- John Day) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in John Day. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4178, Longitude: -118.9527