Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 4 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Georgetown. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Chesapeake Chesapike (from 1876)
- Published in Chesapeake City [Cecil County]
- Years of publication: 1876 to 1878
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chesapeake Chesapike
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88065094
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18504329
Chesapeake Record (from 1878)
- Published in Chesapeake City [Cecil County]
- Years of publication: 1878 to 1879
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chesapeake Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060037
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19073516
Middletown Transcript (from 1868)
- Published in Middletown (DE) [New Castle County]
- Years of publication: 1868 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Middletown Transcript
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026820
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10693801
The New Era (from 188?)
- Published in Middletown (DE) [New Castle County]
- Years of publication: 188? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88053061
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18284520

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 39.3615, Longitude: -75.8803 In this case, the coordinates for Georgetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).