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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lexington Park 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lexington Park. In addition, the list contains another 4 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lexington Park. In total, we've identified 7 papers within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Lexington Park.

Newspapers Published In Lexington Park ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lexington Park:

  • St. Mary's Guardian (from 1973)
  • The Beacon (from 1983)
  • The St. Mary's Tide (from 1986)

Newspapers Neighboring Lexington Park ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Lexington Park.

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

  • Published In Saint Marys City  ...
    • Empath (from 1973)
      • Years of publication:  1973 to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Empath
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90057305
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 7890431
    • Signal News (from 1939)
    • The Point News (from 1959)
    • The Point News (from 1985)

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 from Point A (ie- Lexington Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2659, Longitude: -76.4523