Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tacoma.
Our newspaper information for Tacoma 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 147 papers that were published in the immediate area of Tacoma. In addition, the list contains another 38 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Tacoma. In total, we've identified 185 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Tacoma.
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 Tacoma.
Newspapers Published In Tacoma ...
We know of 147 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Tacoma:
- Commerce (from 1886)
- Years of publication: 1886 to 1888
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Commerce
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88087085
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18622849
- Every Sunday (from 1889)
- Hale Pai House Of Encouragement : Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Newspaper, Washington, Oregon, California (from 199?)
- Interstate Daily Journal (from 1894)
- Lakewood Suburban Times (from 1980)
- Lakewood Suburban Times (from 1980)
- Lakewood Times (from 1980)
- Lewis-McChord Free Press (from 1970)
- Lewis-McChord Free Press (from 1970)
- Lincoln Weekly Review (from 1954)
- Madigan Mountaineer (from 195?)
- Morning Globe (from 1888)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Morning News Tribune (from 1987)
- Morning News Tribune (from 1987)
- New Era (from 1933)
- North-West News (from 1950)
- Northwest Journal Reporter (from 1970)
- Parent Connection (from 1984)
- Parkland Spanaway Times (from 1980)
- Phoenix (from 1970)
- Years of publication: 1970 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Phoenix
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88087065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18617811
- Pierce County Bulletin
- Pierce County Business Examiner (from 1985)
- Pierce County Classified News (from 1952)
- Pierce County Parent (from 1988)
- Plain English (from 1903)
- Progress Messenger (from 1971)
- Puget Sound Posten (from 1907)
- Puyallup Tribal News (from 198?)
- Ryan's Weekly (from 1920)
- Soundings (from 1970)
- Spectator (from 1901)
- Street Pulse (from 200?)
- Suburban Times (from 1962)
- Suburban Times (from 1962)
- Suburban Times (from 1981)
- Suburban Times (from 1981)
- Tacoma Church Record (from 1917)
- Tacoma Civil Service Bulletin (from 1929)
- Tacoma Daily Index (from 1890)
- Tacoma Daily News (from 1903)
- Tacoma Daily News (from 1889)
- Tacoma Daily News (from 1889)
- Tacoma Daily Tribune (from 1908)
- Tacoma Dispatch (from 1952)
- Tacoma Evening Call (from 1891)
- Tacoma Evening News (from 189?)
- Tacoma Evening News (from 189?)
- Tacoma Indian News (from 1974)
- Tacoma Journal (from 1947)
- Tacoma Journal (from 1921)
- Tacoma Labor Advocate (from 1909)
- Tacoma Morning Globe (from 1889)
- Tacoma News (from 1886)
- Tacoma Pierce County Review (from 1985)
- Tacoma Posten (from 1905)
- Tacoma Progress (from 1924)
- Tacoma Reporter (from 1952)
- Tacoma Review (from 1970)
- Tacoma Saturday Night (from 1947)
- Tacoma Star (from 1952)
- Tacoma Suburban Times (from 1981)
- Tacoma Suburban Times (from 1981)
- Tacoma Tidende (from 1890)
- Tacoma Tidende (from 1899)
- Tacoma Tribunen (from 1890)
- Tacoma Tribune (from 191?)
- Tacoma True Citizen (from 197?)
- Tacoma Union Record (from 19??)
- Tacoma Weekly News (from 18??)
- Tacoma World (from 1887)
- The American Veteran (from 1929)
- The Commonwealth (from 1901)
- The Daily Spectator (from 1902)
- The Defender (from 1949)
- The Downtown Tacoma News And Weekly Shopping Guide (from 1977)
- The Evening Telegraph (from 1886)
- The Filipino Clarion (from 1948)
- The Forum (from 1903)
- The Forum (from 1903)
- The Furniture Worker (from 1937)
- The Herald (from 1892)
- The Independent (from 18??)
- The Journal (from 1889)
- The Lincoln News (from 192?)
- The Monthly Epworth Budget (from 1879)
- The New West (from 1892)
- The News Tribune (from 1993)
- The News Tribune (from 1918)
- The News Tribune (from 1993)
- The North End News (from 192?)
- The North Tacoma Star (from 1909)
- The North West Tacoma Facts (from 1970)
- The Northwest Dispatch (from 1982)
- The Pacific Review (from 1909)
- The Progress (from 195?)
- The Puget Sound Lumberman And Shipping Journal (from 1890)
- The Puget Sound Trail (from 1911)
- The Review (from 1977)
- The Reviw (from 19??)
- The Socialist Worker (from 1913)
- The South Side News (from 1929)
- The Sprit Of '76 (from 1896)
- The Suburban Times (from 1962)
- The Sunday Herald (from 1892)
- The Sunday Herald (from 1891)
- The Sun (from 1891)
- Years of publication: 1891 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90099789
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22287140
- The Sun (from 1892)
- Years of publication: 1892 to 1901
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88085169
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17341790
- The Tacoma Daily Ledger (from 1883)
- The Tacoma Facts (from 197?)
- The Tacoma Herald (from 1930)
- The Tacoma Herald (from 1892)
- The Tacoma Herald (from 1891)
- The Tacoma Longshoreman (from 1940)
- The Tacoma Morning Union (from 1893)
- The Tacoma New Herald (from 1896)
- The Tacoma News Tribune (from 1922)
- The Tacoma Reporter (from 1952)
- The Tacoma Semi-Weekly News (from 1902)
- The Tacoma Semi-Weekly News (from 1902)
- The Tacoma Sunday Herald (from 1892)
- The Tacoma Sunday Times (from 188?)
- The Tacoma Times (from 1903)
- The Tacoma Times (from 18??)
- The Tacoma Times (from 18??)
- The Tacoma Times (from 1903)
- The Tacoma Trumpet (from 1901)
- The Tacoma War Front (from 1943)
- The Tacoma Weekly News (from 1885)
- The Tacoma Weekly Union (from 18??)
- The Tacomian (from 1892)
- The Tattler (from 1894)
- The Times Journal (from 1944)
- The Truth (from 1913)
- The Washington Monitor (from 1928)
- The Weekly Ledger (from 1880)
- The West Coast Trade (from 1889)
- The Woman Voter (from 1922)
- The Wool Growers And Manufacturers Journal (from 1893)
- Vestkysten (from 1925)
- Washington Territory Review (from 1889)
- West Coast And Puget Sound Lumberman (from 189?)
- West Tacoma Journal (from 1946)
- Western Flyer (from 1972)
- Western Flyer (from 1972)
- Western Viking (from 1890)
- What's Doing (from 1914)
- What's Doing (from 1914)
Newspapers Neighboring Tacoma ...
The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Tacoma.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Tacoma.
- Published In South Tacoma ...
- The South Tacoma Star (from 1926)
- Published In Parkland ...
- The Pierce County Recorder (from 1927)
- Published In Federal Way [King County] ...
- Federal Way City Herald (from 1991)
- Federal Way Mirror (from 1998)
- Federal Way News (from 1998)
- Federal Way News (from 1998)
- Federal Way News (from 1958)
- Greater Federal Way News-Review (from 1956)
- Greater Federal Way News (from 1953)
- Sea-Tac Beacon (from 19??)
- Seattle-Tacoma Key (from 1958)
- Published In Gig Harbor ...
- Bay Island News (from 1917)
- Bay-Island News (from 1917)
- The Peninsula Gateway (from 1923)
- The Peninsula Gateway (from 1923)
- Published In Puyallup ...
- Camp Harmony News-Letter (from 1942)
- Mount Tacoma Herald (from 1911)
- Mount Tacoma Herald (from 1911)
- Pierce County Herald And Puyallup Valley Tribune (from 1967)
- Pierce County Herald (from 1974)
- Pierce County Herald (from 1974)
- Puyallup Citizen (from 18??)
- Puyallup Commerce (from 1886)
- Puyallup Commerce (from 188?)
- Puyallup Herald (from 1999)
- Puyallup Herald (from 1911)
- Puyallup Herald (from 1911)
- Puyallup Press And Pierce County Shopper (from 1946)
- Puyallup Press (from 1930)
- Puyallup Press (from 1930)
- Puyallup Republican (from 1905)
- Puyallup Republican (from 1905)
- Puyallup Valley Tribune (from 1903)
- The Herald (from 2003)
- Published In Steilacoom ...
- Lakewood Log (from 19??)
- Lakewood Log (from 19??)
- Puget Sound Courier (from 1855)
- Puget Sound Herald (from 1858)
- Tacoma Suburban Times (from 1961)
- The Steilacoom News (from 1890)
- Truth Teller (from 1858)
- Published In Sumner ...
- American Standard (from 1916)
- Sumner Herald (from 1889)
- Sumner Herald (from 1889)
- Sumner News-Index And Sumner Standard (from 1951)
- Sumner News-Index (from 1966)
- Sumner Standard (from 1928)
- The News Review (from 1972)
- The Sumner Index (from 1900)
- The Sumner News-Index (from 1915)
- The Sumner News (from 1914)
- Published In Auburn [King County] ...
- Auburn Globe-News (from 1943)
- Auburn Globe-news (from 1943)
- Auburn News-shopper (from 19??)
- Auburn News (from 1934)
- Daily Globe News (from 1979)
- Daily Globe News (from 1979)
- Globe News (from 1972)
- Globe News (from 1972)
- The Auburn Argus (from 1893)
- The Auburn Argus (from 1893)
- The Auburn Globe-Republican (from 1916)
- The Auburn Globe-Republican (from 1916)
- The Auburn Globe (from 1913)
- The Auburn Globe (from 1913)
- The Auburn News (from 1927)
- The Auburn Republican (from 1911)
- The Washington Co-Operator (from 1922)
- Published In Spanaway ...
- The New Frontier (from 1978)
- Published In Tillicum ...
- Published In Anderson Island ...
- The Gossip Gazette (from 1955)
- The Island Gazette (from 1956)
- Published In Fort Lewis ...
- Fort Lewis Sentinel (from 1941)
- Neue Deutsche Woche (from 1945)
- The Flame-Spearhead (from 1947)
- The Flame (from 1944)
- The Fort Lewis Eagle (from 1943)
- The Warrior (from 1944)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Published In Kent [King County] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Kent. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Kent
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Tacoma. This extended list includes all the papers from Kent. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Tacoma
- Published In Olalla [Kitsap County] ...
- The Cooperator (Olalla, Wash) (from 1899)
- Published In Vashon [King County] ...
- Island Views (from 1948)
- Islander News-Record (from 1954)
- Islander (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1954
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Islander
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92038388
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26792621
- The Vashon Island Record (from 1916)
- Vashon Island News-Record (from 1919)
- Vashon Island News (from 1907)
- Published In Burley [Kitsap County] ...
- The Co-Operator (from 1898)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Tacoma: www.cityoftacoma.org/
The official website for Pierce County: www.co.pierce.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tacoma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tacoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2534, Longitude: -122.4386 |