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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mason 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mason. In addition, the list contains another 10 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mason. In total, we've identified 16 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mason.

Newspapers Published In Mason ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mason:

  • Mason County Herald (from 1892)
  • Mason County News (from 1889)
  • Mason Herald (from 1897)
    • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mason Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94059114
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30449275
  • The Mason News-Item (from 1877)
  • The Mason News (from 188?)
  • The Saturday Gazette (from 1897)

Newspapers Neighboring Mason ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mason.

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

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- Mason) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mason. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7479, Longitude: -99.2330