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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Frostburg 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 26 papers that were published in the immediate area of Frostburg. In addition, the list contains another 73 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Frostburg. In total, we've identified 99 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Frostburg.

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 Frostburg.  

Newspapers Published In Frostburg ...

We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Frostburg:

Newspapers Neighboring Frostburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Frostburg.

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

  • Published In Lonaconing  ...
    • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Valley Times (from 1878)
  • Published In Cumberland  ...
    • We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cumberland. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cumberland
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Frostburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Cumberland. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Frostburg
  • Published In Meyersdale [Somerset County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frostburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frostburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6548, Longitude: -78.9260