Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakland 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 Oakland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oakland. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Oakland.

Newspapers Neighboring Oakland ...

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

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

Published In Capitol Heights ...
- The Maryland Bee (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Maryland Bee
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057029
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20959900
- The Weekly Review (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060042
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19073567
Published In Bladensburg ...
- The Prince George's Post-Sentinel (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Prince George's Post-Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85009691
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12004578
Published In Landover ...
- The Tribune Prince George's (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tribune Prince George's
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057079
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21480302
- The Tribune (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057081
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21480356
Published In Clinton ...
- South Prince Georges Independent (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South Prince Georges Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061496
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19659111
- The Clinton Times (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to 1986
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clinton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85009838
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11890825
- The South County Times (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The South County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21164282
Published In Hyattsville ...
- Straight From The Street (from 199?)
  - Years of publication: 199? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Straight From The Street
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92003166
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25375385
- The Crusader (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Crusader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99063213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41091736
- The Hyattsville Independent (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hyattsville Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20510039
- The Independent (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 1970
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061493
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19581780
- The New Prince George's Post (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Prince George's Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19738977
- The Prince George's Sentinel (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Prince George's Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88008150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18699741
- The Sentinel Prince George's (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel Prince George's
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061504
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19739088
- The Sentinel Southern Prince George's (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel Southern Prince George's
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89061505
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19739205

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 from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8609, Longitude: -76.9103 In this case, the coordinates for Oakland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).