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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Forest City 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Forest City. In addition, the list contains another 8 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Forest City. In total, we've identified 9 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Forest City.

Newspapers Published In Forest City ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Forest City area:

  • Dakota Index (from 1885)
    • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Dakota Index
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97065802
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37431845

Newspapers Neighboring Forest City ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Forest City.

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

  • Published In Agar [Sully County] ...
    • Agar Enterprise (from 1919)
    • The Agar Argus (from 19??)
  • Published In Gettysburg  ...
    • Gettysburg Courier (from 18??)
    • Potter County News (from 1894)
  • Published In Onida [Sully County] ...
    • The Onida Watchman (from 1894)
    • The Sully News (from 191?)
  • Published In Lebanon  ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0028, Longitude: -100.3004       In this case, the coordinates for Forest City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).