Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 11 newspapers that have been published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Newtown. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Charles County Advocate (from 1908)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Charles County Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057144
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21554699
Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser (from 1845)
- Published in Port Tobacco [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1845 to 1898
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser
- Holdings: LCCN SN89060060
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19498087
Port Tobacco Times (from 1844)
- Published in Port Tobacco [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1844 to 1845
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Port Tobacco Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83016329
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9717061
The Charles County Leaf (from 1959)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1959 to 1966
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Charles County Leaf
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057147
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21554909
The Charles County Times-crescent (from 1989)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1989 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Charles County Times-crescent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060338
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20676716
The Citizen News (from 1969)
- Published in Waldorf [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1969 to 197?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057145
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21554738
The Crescent (from 1893)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to 1898
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Crescent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88065730
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18778495
The Independent Republican (from 1882)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1882 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060296
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20674257
The Times Crescent (from 1898)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1898 to 1966
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Times Crescent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85000004
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11544286
The Times-crescent The Charles County Leaf (from 1966)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1966 to 1971
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Times-crescent The Charles County Leaf
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057148
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21555022
Times-crescent (from 1971)
- Published in La Plata [Charles County]
- Years of publication: 1971 to 1989
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Times-crescent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057149
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21555086

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5001, Longitude: -76.9425 In this case, the coordinates for Newtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).