Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bloomington 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 Bloomington. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bloomington. Our list contains 26 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Bloomington.

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 Bloomington.  

Newspapers Neighboring Bloomington ...

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

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

• Published In Keyser [Mineral County] ...
  • Keyser Tribune (from 1880)
    • Years of publication:  1880 to 1927
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Keyser Tribune
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092079
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13047994
  • Mineral Daily News And Keyser Tribune (from 1928)
    • Years of publication:  1928 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mineral Daily News And Keyser Tribune
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092081
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13048022
  • Mineral Daily News (from 1912)
    • Years of publication:  1912 to 1928
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mineral Daily News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092080
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13048007
  • The Mountain Echo (from 1876)
    • Years of publication:  1876 to 1977
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Mountain Echo
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092074
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13047408
  • The Weekender (from 1977)
    • Years of publication:  1977 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Weekender
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092568
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14089872
• Published In Lonaconing [Allegany County] ...
  • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • Years of publication:  1874 to 187?
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the George's Creek Press
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85025393
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11718614
  • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • Years of publication:  1911 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Advocate
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89060245
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20570158
  • The Valley Times (from 1878)
    • Years of publication:  1878 to 18??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Valley Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89060236
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20569093
• Published In Elk Garden [Mineral County] ...
  • The Elk Garden News (from 1889)
    • Years of publication:  1889 to 1894
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Elk Garden News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092073
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13041705
• Published In Frostburg [Allegany County] ...
  • 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 Bloomington. 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 Bloomington