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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Myrtle 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 Myrtle Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Myrtle Point. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Myrtle Point.

Newspapers Neighboring Myrtle Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km] of Myrtle Point.

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

  • Published In Lexington Park  ...
    • St. Mary's Guardian (from 1973)
    • The Beacon (from 1983)
    • The St. Mary's Tide (from 1986)
  • Published In Leonardtown  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Myrtle Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Myrtle Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3262, Longitude: -76.5011       In this case, the coordinates for Myrtle Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).