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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Accokeek 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 Accokeek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Accokeek. Our list contains 2 papers that were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Accokeek.

Newspapers Neighboring Accokeek ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km] of Accokeek.

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

  • Published In Waldorf [Charles County] ...
    • The Citizen News (from 1969)
  • Published In Mount Vernon [Fairfax County] ...
    • The Eagle (from 1993)
      • Years of publication:  1993 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Eagle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93063679
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29264857

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- Accokeek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Accokeek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6676, Longitude: -77.0283       In this case, the coordinates for Accokeek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).