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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elk 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 Elk. In addition, the list contains another 81 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Elk. In total, we've identified 82 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Elk.

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 Elk.  

Newspapers Published In Elk ...

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

  • The Elk Sentinel (from 1926)

Newspapers Neighboring Elk ...

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

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

  • Published In Deer Park  ...
  • Published In Clayton [Stevens County] ...
  • Published In Loon Lake [Stevens County] ...
  • Published In Priest River [Bonner County] ...
  • Published In Hillyard  ...
    • Hillyard News
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1913
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Hillyard News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88085597
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17643002
  • Published In Springdale [Stevens County] ...
  • Published In Rathdrum [Kootenai County] ...
  • Published In Spokane  ...
    • We know of 75 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Spokane. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Spokane
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Elk. This extended list includes all the papers from Spokane. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Elk
  • Published In Post Falls [Kootenai County] ...
  • Published In Chewelah [Stevens County] ...
    • Chewelah Recorder (from 1909)
    • The Rambler (from 1936)

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 from Point A (ie- Elk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0164, Longitude: -117.2764