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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Dayton 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 16 papers that were published in the immediate area of Dayton. In addition, the list contains another 71 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Dayton. In total, we've identified 87 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Dayton.

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 Dayton.  

Newspapers Published In Dayton ...

We know of 16 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Dayton:

Newspapers Neighboring Dayton ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Dayton.

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

  • Published In Waitsburg [Walla Walla County] ...
    • The Daily Times (from 1889)
    • The Times (from 19??)
      • Years of publication:  19?? to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88085402
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17390356
  • Published In Dixie [Walla Walla County] ...
  • Published In Starbuck  ...
  • Published In Prescott [Walla Walla County] ...
  • Published In Pomeroy [Garfield County] ...
  • Published In Walla Walla [Walla Walla County] ...
    • We know of 68 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Walla Walla. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Walla Walla
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Dayton. This extended list includes all the papers from Walla Walla. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Dayton
  • Published In College Place [Walla Walla County] ...
    • The College Placer (from 1968)
    • The News Observer (from 1979)
    • Whitman Herald (from 1958)

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 from Point A (ie- Dayton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3210, Longitude: -117.9777