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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Brownsville 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 Brownsville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Brownsville. Our list contains 21 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Brownsville.

Newspapers Neighboring Brownsville ...

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

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

  • Published In Brunswick [Frederick County] ...
  • Published In Harpers Ferry [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Keedysville  ...
  • Published In Sharpsburg  ...
  • Published In Boonsboro  ...
    • The Boonsboro News (from 1946)
    • The Boonsboro Odd Fellow (from 185?)
    • The Boonsboro Times (from 1881)
    • The Man About Town (from 1843)
    • The National Gazette (from 1844)
    • The Odd Fellow (from 1841)
    • The Times (from 19??)
  • Published In Shepherdstown [Jefferson 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brownsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brownsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3820, Longitude: -77.6603       In this case, the coordinates for Brownsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).