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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Salem 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Salem. In addition, the list contains another 165 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Salem. In total, we've identified 167 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of West Salem.

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 Salem.  

Newspapers Published In West Salem ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of West Salem:

Newspapers Neighboring West Salem ...

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

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

  • Published In Salem [Marion County] ...
    • We know of 76 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Salem. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Salem
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of West Salem. This extended list includes all the papers from Salem. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Salem
  • Published In Independence  ...
  • Published In Turner [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Monmouth  ...
  • Published In Aumsville [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Dallas  ...
    • Itemizer-Observer (from 1990)
    • Liberal Republican (from 1872)
      • The first year of publication was in 1872, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Liberal Republican
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN93051637
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29382852
      • ISSN Number:   2470-8917
    • Oregon Republican (from 1870)
    • Polk County Itemizer Observer (from 1992)
    • Polk County Itemizer (from 1879)
    • Polk County Times (from 1869)
      • The first year of publication was in 1869, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Polk County Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93051615
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29382994
    • The Dallas Itemizer (from 187?)
    • The Polk County Itemizer And Observer (from 1927)
    • The Polk County Signal (from 1868)
  • Published In Amity [Yamhill County] ...
    • The Amity Standard (from 1910)
    • The Valley Times
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Valley Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96088296
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 36035183
  • Published In Gervais [Marion County] ...
    • Gervais Weekly Star
    • The Gervais Star (from 1926)
  • Published In Silverton [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Jefferson [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Mount Angel [Marion County] ...
    • Mt. Angel News (from 1921)
  • Published In Stayton [Marion County] ...
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for West Salem. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 Salem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Salem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9390, Longitude: -123.0609       In this case, the coordinates for West Salem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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