RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Pennsylvania >> Franklin County >> Amberson >> Local NewspapersIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Pennsylvania


The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania







Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Amberson 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 Amberson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Amberson. Our list contains 87 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Amberson.

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 Amberson.  

Newspapers Neighboring Amberson ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Amberson.

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

  • Published In Orbisonia [Huntingdon County] ...
    • The Leader (from 1874)
    • The Orbisonia Dispatch (from 1881)
    • The Valley Log (from 1980)
  • Published In Shippensburg [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Shirleysburg [Huntingdon County] ...
    • Shirleysburg Herald (from 1855)
    • Shirleysburg Herald (from 1966)
    • The Herald (from 1858)
    • The Weekly Herald (from 1876)
  • Published In Newville [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Scotland  ...
  • Published In Chambersburg  ...
    • We know of 75 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chambersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chambersburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Amberson. This extended list includes all the papers from Chambersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Amberson
  • Published In Newton Hamilton [Mifflin County] ...
    • Flea-bite (from 1879)
      • Years of publication:  1879 to 1880
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Flea-bite
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86081305
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13452645
    • Newton News (from 1925)
    • The Herald (from 1905)
    • The Reasoner (from 1886)
    • The Watchman (from 1880)
  • Published In Mount Union [Huntingdon County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Amberson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Amberson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amberson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1704, Longitude: -77.6772       In this case, the coordinates for Amberson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 10 Mar 2024