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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Harpers Ferry 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 Harpers Ferry. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Harpers Ferry. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Harpers Ferry.

Newspapers Neighboring Harpers Ferry ...

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

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

  • Published In Elberton [Elbert County] ...
  • Published In Danielsville  ...
  • Published In Royston [Franklin County] ...
    • The News Leader (from 1978)
    • The Royston Record (from 19??)
  • Published In Winterville [Clarke County] ...
    • The Ice Berg (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Ice Berg
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002062512
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 49685493
  • Published In Hartwell [Hart County] ...
    • Hartwell Messenger (from 1859)
    • The Hartwell Sun (from 1879)
    • The Sun (from 1876)
      • Years of publication:  1876 to 1879
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053067
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19617262

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 from Point A (ie- Harpers Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harpers Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0918, Longitude: -83.0276       In this case, the coordinates for Harpers Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).