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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mecca is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mecca. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mecca. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mecca.

Newspapers Neighboring Mecca ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Mecca.

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

  • Published In Metolius  ...
  • Published In Antelope [Wasco County] ...
    • Antelope Herald (from 1892)
    • The Republican (from 1900)
  • Published In Shaniko [Wasco County] ...
    • Shaniko Leader (from 1900)
  • Published In Maupin [Wasco County] ...
    • The Maupin Times (from 1914)

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 from Point A (ie- Mecca) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mecca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7710, Longitude: -121.2078