Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Springs 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Springs. In addition, the list contains another 9 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rock Springs. In total, we've identified 21 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Rock Springs.

Newspapers Published In Rock Springs ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rock Springs:

Daily Rocket-Miner (from 2001)
- Years of publication: 2001 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Rocket-Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002058128
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 46896339
Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner (from 1965)
- Years of publication: 1965 to 2001
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87008332
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15512358
Rock Springs Daily Rocket (from 1936)
- Years of publication: 1936 to 1961
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Daily Rocket
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067224
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27179445
Rock Springs Independent (from 1905)
- Years of publication: 1905 to 1907
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067218
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27039747
Rock Springs Miner And Rock Springs Rocket (from 1961)
- Years of publication: 1961 to 1965
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Miner And Rock Springs Rocket
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067226
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27175683
Rock Springs Miner (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067225
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27179452
Rock Springs Rocket And The Wyoming Journal (from 1933)
- Years of publication: 1933 to 1936
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Rocket And The Wyoming Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067223
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27175672
Rock Springs Rocket (from 1907)
- Years of publication: 1907 to 1933
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rock Springs Rocket
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067222
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27175666
The Independent (from 1885)
- Years of publication: 1885 to 1905
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067217
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27039889
The Rock Springs Adviser-News (from 1912)
- Years of publication: 1912 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Rock Springs Adviser-News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93070053
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27917933
The Rock Springs Miner (from 1948)
- Years of publication: 1948 to 1961
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Rock Springs Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93070037
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27348842
The Rock Springs Sunday Miner (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1948
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Rock Springs Sunday Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92067227
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27179441

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Springs ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Rock Springs.

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

Published In Green River ...
- Green River Advertiser (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Green River Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070027
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27321939
- Green River News (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Green River News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070026
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27321917
- Green River Star (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Green River Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070011
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27251771
- Green River Star (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Green River Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070013
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27322145
- Sweetwater County Guide (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sweetwater County Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84006600
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10916614
- Sweetwater Gazette (from 1881)
  - The first year of publication was in 1881, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sweetwater Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070016
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27322206
- The Green River Sun (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Green River Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070025
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27321901
- The Wyoming Star (from 190?)
  - Published during 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wyoming Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070012
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27251790
- Wyoming Trails (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wyoming Trails
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93070015
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27322186

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 from Point A (ie- Rock Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5888, Longitude: -109.2053