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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Charlestown 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Charlestown. In addition, the list contains another 68 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Charlestown. In total, we've identified 87 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Charlestown.

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 Charlestown.  

Newspapers Published In Charlestown ...

We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Charlestown:

Newspapers Neighboring Charlestown ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Charlestown.

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

  • Published In Memphis  ...
  • Published In Sellersburg  ...
  • Published In New Washington  ...
  • Published In Jeffersonville  ...
    • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jeffersonville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jeffersonville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Charlestown. This extended list includes all the papers from Jeffersonville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charlestown
  • Published In Bethlehem  ...
    • The Post (from 1891)
      • Years of publication:  1891 to 1892
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85048118
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12738648
    • The Weekly Post (from 1892)
  • Published In New Albany [Floyd County] ...
    • We know of 62 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Albany. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Albany
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Charlestown. This extended list includes all the papers from New Albany. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charlestown
  • Published In Saint Matthews [Jefferson County] ...
    • St. Matthews Booster (from 18??)
    • St. Matthews Sun (from 193?)
    • The Commuter (from 1940)
    • The Jeffersonian (from 197?)
    • The Suburban Mirror (from 1969)
    • The Voice (from 1973)

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- Charlestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charlestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4531, Longitude: -85.6701