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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 11 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Harrisburg.

Newspapers Neighboring Harrisburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 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 Trion [Chattooga County] ...
    • The Trion Facts (from 194?)
  • Published In Summerville [Chattooga County] ...
  • Published In LaFayette  ...
  • Published In Valley Head [DeKalb County] ...
  • Published In Rising Fawn [Dade County] ...

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- 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: 34.5912, Longitude: -85.3897       In this case, the coordinates for Harrisburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).