Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Georgetown 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 Georgetown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Georgetown. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Georgetown.

Newspapers Neighboring Georgetown ...

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

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

Published In Laurel [Prince George's County] ...
- Corridor Today (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Corridor Today
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057043
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21145419
- El Imparcial (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the El Imparcial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99063208
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40907888
- Free Quill (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Free Quill
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060237
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20569462
- Laurel Advertiser (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Laurel Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060232
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20556855
- Laurel Free Quill (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Laurel Free Quill
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060251
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20570692
- Laurel Leader (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Laurel Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84008876
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10960357
- The Advertiser (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060231
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20556824
- The Leader (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1946
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83047107
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9632066
- The News Leader (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061514
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19913812
- The Prince George's County News (from 1966)
  - Years of publication: 1966 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Prince George's County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057106
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21454740

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- Georgetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Georgetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1376, Longitude: -76.7683 In this case, the coordinates for Georgetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).