Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Tilghman Island 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 Tilghman Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Tilghman Island. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Tilghman Island.

Newspapers Neighboring Tilghman Island ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km] of Tilghman Island.

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

Published In Saint Michaels ...
- Comet And Advertiser (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Comet And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026703
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10657471
- St. Michaels Comet (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the St. Michaels Comet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065219
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18952718
- The Comet (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1868
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Comet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065220
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18952710
Published In North Beach [Calvert County] ...
- The Chesapeake Observer (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chesapeake Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060160
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20438707
- The Voice Of Southern Maryland (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Voice Of Southern Maryland
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92003323
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25961782

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- Tilghman Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tilghman Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7037, Longitude: -76.3386 In this case, the coordinates for Tilghman Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).