Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Foxtown 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 Foxtown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Foxtown. Our list contains 41 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Foxtown.

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 Foxtown.

Newspapers Neighboring Foxtown ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Foxtown.

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

Published In Confluence [Somerset County] ...
- Turkeyfoot News (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Turkeyfoot News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082044
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14878172
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 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Foxtown. 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 Foxtown
Published In Meyersdale [Somerset County] ...
- Meyersdale Independent (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meyersdale Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053631
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14121711
- Meyersdale Register (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meyersdale Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082035
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877488
- Meyersdale Republican (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meyersdale Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082037
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877457
- The Dale City Record (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dale City Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83032068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10129850
- The Meyersdale Commercial (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Meyersdale Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082050
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14879128
- The Republic (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Republic
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082038
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877435
- The Semi-Weekly Commercial (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Semi-Weekly Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877886
Published In Oakland ...
- Garrett County Gazette (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garrett County Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025396
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11718950
- Garrett County Herald (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garrett County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025406
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11729945
- Mountain Democrat News (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain Democrat News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057020
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20940102
- Mountain Democrat (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060174
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20458410
- The Democrat (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060175
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20458406
- The Garrett Journal (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Garrett Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060176
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20459188
- The Republican (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065202
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 6286315
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

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- Foxtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foxtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6326, Longitude: -79.2384 In this case, the coordinates for Foxtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).