Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rocky Forge 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 Rocky Forge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rocky Forge. Our list contains 63 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Rocky Forge.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rocky Forge.

Newspapers Neighboring Rocky Forge ...

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

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

Published In Waynesboro [Franklin County] ...
- Blue Ridge Zephyr (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blue Ridge Zephyr
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077451
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19234476
- The Daily Record And Blue Ridge Zephyr (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Record And Blue Ridge Zephyr
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077490
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19234449
- The Evening Herald (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077492
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19216796
- The Herald (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077487
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19216616
- The Herald (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077488
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19216513
- The Keystone Gazette (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Keystone Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077210
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13019471
- The Record-Herald And Blue Ridge Zephyr (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 1921
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record-Herald And Blue Ridge Zephyr
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077491
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19234371
- The Record-Herald (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081654
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13048395
- The Waynesboro Press (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waynesboro Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077493
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19216913
- The Waynesboro' Village Record (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waynesboro' Village Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026572
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10501714
- The Weekly Herald (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077489
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19216695
- Village Record (from 1863)
  - Years of publication: 1863 to 1871
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Village Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17641870
- Village Record (from 1847)
  - Years of publication: 1847 to 1852
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Village Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077526
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19278947
- Waynesboro Record (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1921
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Waynesboro Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081697
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13014006
- Waynesboro' Village Record (from 1852)
  - Years of publication: 1852 to 1863
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Waynesboro' Village Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077527
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19279067
Published In Smithsburg ...
- People's Guide (from 187?)
  - Published during 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the People's Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025409
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11731161
Published In Hagerstown ...
- We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Hagerstown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Hagerstown
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Rocky Forge. This extended list includes all the papers from Hagerstown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rocky Forge
Published In Greencastle [Franklin County] ...
- Echo Pilot (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Echo Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081590
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13048440
- Greencastle Press And Kauffmans Progressive News (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greencastle Press And Kauffmans Progressive News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077286
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20461646
- Greencastle Press (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greencastle Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081661
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13048327
- Kauffmans Progressive News (from 1912)
  - Published during 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kauffmans Progressive News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077285
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20360306
- The Greencastle Pilot (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greencastle Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077336
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20535143
- The Greencastle Press And News (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greencastle Press And News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081657
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13030286
- The Local Gossiper (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Local Gossiper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077284
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20461477
- The Pilot (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 1866
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081591
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13066289
- The Valley Echo (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83032083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10148027

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Forge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Forge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7184, Longitude: -77.6050 In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Forge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).