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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fairfield is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fairfield. In addition, the list contains another 59 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fairfield. In total, we've identified 63 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Fairfield.

Newspapers Published In Fairfield ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Fairfield:

Newspapers Neighboring Fairfield ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Fairfield.

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

  • Published In Waterville [Kennebec County] ...
  • Published In North Vassalboro [Kennebec County] ...
    • The Young America (from 187?)
  • Published In Vassalboro [Kennebec County] ...
    • The Kennebec Valley News (from 189?)
  • Published In Norridgewock  ...
  • Published In Skowhegan  ...
  • Published In Pittsfield  ...
  • Published In Madison  ...
  • Published In Vienna [Kennebec County] ...
  • Published In Liberty [Waldo County] ...
    • The Local Liberty (from 1882)
  • Published In Mount Vernon [Kennebec County] ...
  • Published In New Sharon [Franklin County] ...
    • Musical Advertiser (from 1854)
    • The Adventurer (from 188?)
      • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Adventurer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96075088
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34981532

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- Fairfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5884, Longitude: -69.5987       In this case, the coordinates for Fairfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).