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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Placid Lakes 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 Placid Lakes. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Placid Lakes. Our list contains 23 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Placid Lakes.

Newspapers Neighboring Placid Lakes ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Placid Lakes.

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

  • Published In Lake Placid  ...
    • El Journal (from 1996)
      • Years of publication:  1996 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the El Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97027543
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 36668403
    • Lake Placid Journal (from 1959)
  • Published In Sebring  ...
  • Published In Avon Park  ...
  • Published In Arcadia [DeSoto County] ...
  • Published In Nocatee [DeSoto County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Placid Lakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Placid Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2414, Longitude: -81.4070       In this case, the coordinates for Placid Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).