Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Hi-Point.

Our newspaper information for Hi-Point 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 Hi-Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hi-Point. Our list contains 29 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hi-Point.

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 Hi-Point.

Newspapers Neighboring Hi-Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Hi-Point.

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

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 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 Rockwood [Somerset County] ...
- Somerset County Leader (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Somerset County Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082049
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14878992
- The Rockwood Gazette (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rockwood Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14879155
- The Rockwood Leader (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rockwood Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082048
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14879144
- The Somerset County Times (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1885
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Somerset County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86082069
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14990090
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 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hi-Point. 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 Hi-Point
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

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- Hi-Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hi-Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7059, Longitude: -79.2106 In this case, the coordinates for Hi-Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).