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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Potomac Shores 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 Potomac Shores. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Potomac Shores. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Potomac Shores.

Newspapers Neighboring Potomac Shores ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Potomac Shores.

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

  • Published In Lexington Park  ...
    • St. Mary's Guardian (from 1973)
    • The Beacon (from 1983)
    • The St. Mary's Tide (from 1986)
  • Published In Saint Marys City  ...
    • Empath (from 1973)
      • Years of publication:  1973 to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Empath
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90057305
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 7890431
    • Signal News (from 1939)
    • The Point News (from 1959)
    • The Point News (from 1985)
  • Published In Leonardtown  ...
  • Published In Hague [Westmoreland County] ...
    • Potomac Progress (from 1902)

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Potomac Shores) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potomac Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1996, Longitude: -76.5644       In this case, the coordinates for Potomac Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).