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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Picketts Corner 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 Picketts Corner. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Picketts Corner. Our list contains 7 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Picketts Corner.

Newspapers Neighboring Picketts Corner ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of Picketts Corner.

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

  • Published In Mount Airy  ...
  • Published In Sykesville  ...
    • Herald-Messenger (from 1922)
    • Sykesville Herald (from 1913)
    • Sykesville Herald (from 1931)
    • The Herald (from 1973)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Picketts Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Picketts Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4082, Longitude: -77.0533       In this case, the coordinates for Picketts Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).