Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Big Oak 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 Big Oak. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Big Oak. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Big Oak.

Newspapers Neighboring Big Oak ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Big Oak.

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

Published In Prince Frederick [Calvert County] ...
- Calvert County Recorder (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to 1986
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Calvert County Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057246
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22227639
- Calvert Gazette (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Calvert Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20320952
- Calvert Journal Gazette (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Calvert Journal Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060108
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20320956
- Calvert Journal (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Calvert Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026679
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10601773
- Prince Frederick Recorder (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Prince Frederick Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057245
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22227604
- The Recorder (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87062188
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15710112

Footnotes ...

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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- Big Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4632, Longitude: -76.7039 In this case, the coordinates for Big Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).