Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Afton 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 Afton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Afton. Our list contains 1 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Afton.

Newspapers Neighboring Afton ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Afton area:

Published In Marcus Hook [Delaware County] ...
- The Marcus Hook Herald (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marcus Hook Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19910668

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Afton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8271, Longitude: -75.4808 In this case, the coordinates for Afton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).