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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Moorcroft 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Moorcroft. In addition, the list contains another 18 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Moorcroft. In total, we've identified 23 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Moorcroft.

Newspapers Published In Moorcroft ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Moorcroft:

  • Moorcroft Democrat (from 1913)
  • Moorcroft Leader (from 1922)
  • Moorcroft Times (from 1909)
  • The Moorcroft Blade (from 1910)
  • The Times (from 1913)

Newspapers Neighboring Moorcroft ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Moorcroft.

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

  • Published In Upton [Weston County] ...
  • Published In Gillette [Campbell County] ...
  • Published In Sundance  ...
    • The Apex (from 1892)
      • The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Apex
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92067063
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25902340
    • The Crook County Monitor (from 1885)
    • The Sundance Gazette (from 1884)
    • The Sundance Reform (from 1892)
    • The Sundance Times (from 1926)
    • The Wyoming Blade (from 191?)
    • The Wyoming Farmer (from 1888)
    • Wyoming Freeman (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Wyoming Freeman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92067020
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25697873
    • Wyoming Republican (from 1889)
    • Wyoming Weekly Republican (from 1889)
    • Wyoming Weekly Republican (from 1894)

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- Moorcroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moorcroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2656, Longitude: -104.9503