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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Black 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 Black Oak. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Black Oak. Our list contains 71 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Black Oak.

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 Black Oak.  

Newspapers Neighboring Black Oak ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Black Oak.

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

  • Published In Lonaconing  ...
    • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Valley Times (from 1878)
  • Published In Keyser [Mineral County] ...
  • Published In Frostburg  ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Frostburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Frostburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Black Oak. This extended list includes all the papers from Frostburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Black Oak
  • Published In Cumberland  ...
    • We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cumberland. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cumberland
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Black Oak. This extended list includes all the papers from Cumberland. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Black Oak
  • Published In Romney [Hampshire County] ...
  • Published In Elk Garden [Mineral County] ...

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4993, Longitude: -78.9189       In this case, the coordinates for Black Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).