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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Chambersburg 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 Chambersburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Chambersburg. Our list contains 60 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Chambersburg.

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 Chambersburg.  

Newspapers Neighboring Chambersburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Chambersburg.

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

  • Published In Paoli  ...
  • Published In Marengo [Crawford County] ...
    • Hard Times (from 1979)
    • Marengo Post (from 1890)
      • The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Marengo Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89058391
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19279726
    • The Marengo Messenger (from 1929)
    • The Marengo Observer (from 1886)
  • Published In Brownstown [Crawford County] ...
  • Published In Campbellsburg [Washington County] ...
    • Campbellsburg News (from 1878)
    • The Campbellsburg Graphic (from 1901)
    • The Graphic (from 1888)
  • Published In English [Crawford County] ...
  • Published In Fredericksburg [Washington County] ...
  • Published In French Lick  ...
  • Published In Mitchell [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Salem [Washington County] ...
    • We know of 47 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Salem. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Salem
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Chambersburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Salem. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Chambersburg
  • Published In Palmyra [Harrison County] ...
  • Published In Leavenworth [Crawford County] ...
  • Published In Leesville [Lawrence County] ...
    • Hobson's Reporter (from 1884)
    • The Graphic (from 1882)
  • Published In Shoals [Martin 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chambersburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chambersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5178, Longitude: -86.3924       In this case, the coordinates for Chambersburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).