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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Johnson 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 Johnson. In addition, the list contains another 63 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Johnson. In total, we've identified 64 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Johnson.

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 Johnson.  

Newspapers Published In Johnson ...

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

  • The Johnson Optic (from 189?)

Newspapers Neighboring Johnson ...

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

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

  • Published In Colton  ...
  • Published In Uniontown  ...
  • Published In Pullman  ...
  • Published In Moscow [Latah County] ...
  • Published In Clarkston [Asotin County] ...
  • Published In Lewiston [Nez Perce County] ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lewiston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lewiston
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Johnson. This extended list includes all the papers from Lewiston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Johnson
  • Published In Troy [Latah County] ...
    • Latah County Press (from 1957)
    • Troy Weekly News (from 1897)
  • Published In Palouse  ...
  • Published In Juliaetta [Latah County] ...
    • Juliaetta Bulletin (from 1929)
    • Juliaetta Record (from 1919)
    • The Independent (from 1916)
    • The Juliaetta Gem (from 1889)
    • The Juliaetta Sun (from 1909)
  • Published In Asotin [Asotin County] ...
    • Assotin Spirit (from 1883)
  • Published In Colfax  ...
    • Colfax Gazette (from 1958)
    • Palouse Gazette (from 1877)
    • People's Advocate (from 1892)
    • The Colfax Commoner (from 1911)
    • The Colfax Gazette (from 1893)
    • The Commoner (from 1885)
    • The Gazette-Commoner (from 1932)
    • The Weekly Commoner (from 1892)
    • The Weekly Vidette (from 1883)
    • Whitman County Gazette (from 1989)
  • Published In Kendrick [Latah County] ...
  • Published In Elberton  ...
    • The Wheat Belt (from 1892)
  • Published In Pomeroy [Garfield County] ...
  • Continue List   (1 more) ...
    • Published In Garfield  ...

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- Johnson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6316, Longitude: -117.1379       In this case, the coordinates for Johnson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).