Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Crofton Commons 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 Crofton Commons. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Crofton Commons. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Crofton Commons.

Newspapers Neighboring Crofton Commons ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of Crofton Commons.

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

Published In Bowie [Prince George's County] ...
- Belair News Express (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Belair News Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21137004
- Bowie Post-Times (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to 1967
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bowie Post-Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057071
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21186658
- The Bowie Blade And New Carrollton Blade (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie Blade And New Carrollton Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061508
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19841220
- The Bowie Blade And Post-Times (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie Blade And Post-Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061507
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19841273
- The Bowie Blade-News (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie Blade-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061511
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19841820
- The Bowie Blade (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061510
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19840998
- The Bowie Blade (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21186396
- The Bowie News (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowie News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061512
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19841892
- The News Express (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061513
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19841940
- The Post-Times (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Post-Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21186522
- The Register (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1946
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060153
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20431931

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crofton Commons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crofton Commons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0112, Longitude: -76.6764 In this case, the coordinates for Crofton Commons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).