Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Scranton 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 Scranton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Scranton. Our list contains 24 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Scranton.

Newspapers Neighboring Scranton ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Scranton.

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

Published In Frenchburg ...
- Menifee County Times (from 193?)
  - The first year of publication was in 193?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Menifee County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069662
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471364
- The Frenchburg Advertiser (from 1887)
  - The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Frenchburg Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069661
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14472141
- The Menefee Meteor (from 1887)
  - Published during 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Menefee Meteor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069660
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471484
- The Menifee County Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Menifee County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069658
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14447959
- The Menifee County News (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Menifee County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069659
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471219
Published In West Liberty [Morgan County] ...
- Licking Valley Courier (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Licking Valley Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2014218454
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 881289765
- Licking Valley Courier (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Licking Valley Courier
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86069643
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14439130
  - ISSN Number: 2373-4922
- The Gem (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gem
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038025
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11737909
- The Mountain Banner (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15186121
Published In Campton [Wolfe County] ...
- Appalachian Courier (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Appalachian Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061170
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18207547
- Campton Courier (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Campton Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061167
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18206445
- The Campton Banner (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Campton Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061175
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208990
- The Wolfe County News (from 194?)
  - Years of publication: 194? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wolfe County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069655
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14473042
- Wolfe County Extra (from 1993)
  - Years of publication: 1993 to 1995
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wolfe County Extra
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93058470
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30600333
- Wolfe County Journal (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wolfe County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061174
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208512
- Wolfe County Tribune (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wolfe County Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069654
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14445286
Published In Owingsville [Bath County] ...
- Bath County Banner (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bath County Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061148
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18098426
- Bath County Democrat (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bath County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18098621
- Bath County News-Outlook (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bath County News-Outlook
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069621
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14396113
- Bath County Reporter (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 Bath County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86069622
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14391631
- Owingsville Outlook (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Owingsville Outlook
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86069620
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14395984
  - ISSN Number: 1940-9680
- The Bath County News (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1877
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bath County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038263
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11225018
- The Owingsville Opinion (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Owingsville Opinion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061149
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18098526
- Weekly Messenger (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061147
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18098363

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Scranton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scranton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9873, Longitude: -83.5216 In this case, the coordinates for Scranton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).