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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Midway 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 Midway. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Midway. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Midway.

Newspapers Neighboring Midway ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Midway.

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

  • Published In Blossburg  ...
  • Published In Pratt Mines  ...
    • Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
  • Published In Pratt City  ...
    • Pratt City Democrat (from 1896)
    • Pratt City Herald (from 1899)
    • Pratt City Sun (from 1898)
      • The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pratt City Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044799
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12217832
    • The Commercial (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 Commercial
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050407
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17279732
    • The Independent (from 1893)
    • The Pratt City Weekly News (from 1895)
  • Published In Ensley  ...
  • Published In Wylam  ...
  • Published In Elyton  ...
    • The Elyton Banner (from 1899)
    • The Elyton Herald (from 186?)
    • The Elyton Sun (from 187?)
    • The Jones Valley Times (from 1854)

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Midway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5890, Longitude: -86.9472       In this case, the coordinates for Midway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).