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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Columbia 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 29 papers that were published in the immediate area of Columbia. In addition, the list contains another 164 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Columbia. In total, we've identified 193 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Columbia.

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 Columbia.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Columbia ...

We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Columbia:

Newspapers Neighboring Columbia ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Columbia.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Columbia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0348, Longitude: -76.4952       In this case, the coordinates for Columbia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).