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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Cortland is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Cortland. In addition, the list contains another 149 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Cortland. In total, we've identified 150 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Cortland.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Cortland.  

Newspapers Published In Cortland ...

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

  • The Enterprise (from 1877)
    • The first year of publication was in 1877, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053436
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27110890

Newspapers Neighboring Cortland ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Cortland.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cortland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cortland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9194, Longitude: -88.6811       In this case, the coordinates for Cortland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).