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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Cumberland is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 66 papers that were published in the immediate area of Cumberland. In addition, the list contains another 30 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Cumberland. In total, we've identified 96 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Cumberland.

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 Cumberland.  

Newspapers Published In Cumberland ...

We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Cumberland:

Newspapers Neighboring Cumberland ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Cumberland.

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

  • 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Cumberland. 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 Cumberland
  • Published In Hyndman [Bedford County] ...
    • Hyndman Bulletin (from 1890)
  • Published In Lonaconing  ...
    • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Valley Times (from 1878)

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cumberland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumberland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6522, Longitude: -78.7589