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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Porter Creek 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 Porter Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Porter Creek. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Porter Creek.

Newspapers Neighboring Porter Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Porter Creek.

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

  • Published In Roseburg  ...
  • Published In Myrtle Creek  ...
    • Myrtle Creek Mail (from 19??)
    • The Douglas County Mail (from 2002)
    • The Mail (from 1958)
      • Years of publication:  1958 to 1982
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mail
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96088402
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37137607
    • Umpqua Free Press (from 1982)
  • Published In Riddle  ...
    • Riddle News (from 1955)
    • The Riddle Tribune (from 19??)
  • Published In Canyonville  ...
  • Published In Sutherlin  ...
  • Published In Oakland  ...
    • Oakland Observer (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Oakland Observer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00063500
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 43291584
    • Oakland Owl (from 1900)
    • Oakland Tribune (from 1919)
    • The Oakland Advance (from 1910)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Porter Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Porter Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1109, Longitude: -123.5220       In this case, the coordinates for Porter Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).