Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 3 newspapers that have been published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Dowell. The list has been sorted by paper name.

St. Mary's Guardian (from 1973)
- Published in Lexington Park [Saint Mary's County]
- Years of publication: 1973 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the St. Mary's Guardian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057249
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22238877
The Beacon (from 1983)
- Published in Lexington Park [Saint Mary's County]
- Years of publication: 1983 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060121
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20347953
The St. Mary's Tide (from 1986)
- Published in Lexington Park [Saint Mary's County]
- Years of publication: 1986 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The St. Mary's Tide
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057248
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14911150

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dowell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dowell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3462, Longitude: -76.4588 In this case, the coordinates for Dowell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).