Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shawns Landing 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 Shawns Landing. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shawns Landing. Our list contains 4 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Shawns Landing.

Newspapers Neighboring Shawns Landing ...

The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 km] of Shawns Landing.

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

Published In Sykesville ...
- Herald-Messenger (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Herald-Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065725
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18712780
- Sykesville Herald (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sykesville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065724
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18712670
- Sykesville Herald (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sykesville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065727
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18716580
- The Herald (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065728
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18716671

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- Shawns Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shawns Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4043, Longitude: -77.0114 In this case, the coordinates for Shawns Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).