Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oil City is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oil City. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oil City. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Oil City.

Newspapers Neighboring Oil City ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Oil City.

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

Published In Forks [Clallam County] ...
- Forks Forum-Peninsula Herald (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Forks Forum-Peninsula Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093049
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16999379
- The Forks Forum (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Forks Forum
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093050
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16999406
- The West End Shopper (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West End Shopper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90098870
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22481492
Published In La Push [Clallam County] ...
- Quileute Independent (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Quileute Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16999238
- Quileute Independent (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Quileute Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2006252450
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10149751
- The Quileute Chieftain (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Quileute Chieftain
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16999264

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oil City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oil City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7504, Longitude: -124.4255 In this case, the coordinates for Oil City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).