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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lawrenceville 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 13 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lawrenceville. In addition, the list contains another 34 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lawrenceville. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lawrenceville.

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 Lawrenceville.  

Newspapers Published In Lawrenceville ...

We know of 13 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lawrenceville:

  • American Banner (from 18??)
  • Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
  • Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
  • Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
  • Lawrence County News (from 1895)
  • Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
  • Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
  • Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
  • The American Banner (from 1855)
  • The Daily Record (from 1922)
  • The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
  • The Rural Republican (from 1873)
  • The Western Globe (from 18??)

Newspapers Neighboring Lawrenceville ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lawrenceville.

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

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- Lawrenceville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawrenceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7267, Longitude: -87.6881       In this case, the coordinates for Lawrenceville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).