Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oraville 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 Oraville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oraville. Our list contains 8 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oraville.

Newspapers Neighboring Oraville ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Oraville.

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

Published In Leonardtown ...
- Leonard Town Herald (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 184?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Leonard Town Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83016331
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9717329
- Saint Mary's Beacon (from 1845)
  - Years of publication: 1845 to 1863
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Saint Mary's Beacon
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89060119
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 7909864
- Saint Mary's Journal (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Saint Mary's Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060229
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20556325
- Saint Mary's News (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Saint Mary's News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20556685
- St. Mary's Enterprise (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the St. Mary's Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060226
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20551443
- St. Mary's Gazette (from 1863)
  - Years of publication: 1863 to 1867
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: St. Mary's Gazette
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89060120
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 7909889
- The News (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060227
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20556328
- The St. Mary's Countian (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Mary's Countian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057247
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21223380

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oraville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oraville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4179, Longitude: -76.6941 In this case, the coordinates for Oraville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).