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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Harrisburg. Our list contains 36 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Harrisburg.

Newspapers Neighboring Harrisburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Harrisburg.

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

  • Published In Centreville  ...
  • Published In Eoline  ...
  • Published In Blocton  ...
    • Blocton Courier (from 1891)
    • Blocton Times (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 Blocton Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044817
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12368449
    • The Blocton Journal (from 1894)
    • The Blocton Messenger (from 1901)
  • Published In Marion [Perry County] ...
  • Published In West Blocton  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harrisburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrisburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8760, Longitude: -87.2244       In this case, the coordinates for Harrisburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).