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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Islesboro 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 Islesboro. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Islesboro. Our list contains 49 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Islesboro.

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 Islesboro.  

Newspapers Neighboring Islesboro ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Islesboro.

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

  • Published In Castine [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In Belfast  ...
    • We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Belfast. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Belfast
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Islesboro. This extended list includes all the papers from Belfast. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Islesboro
  • Published In Camden [Knox County] ...
  • Published In Searsport  ...
    • Blueberry Preserve (from 1978)
    • The Gabble (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gabble
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96075055
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34600368
    • The Searsport Guest (from 18??)
    • The Weekly News (from 1893)
      • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Weekly News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96075082
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34748576
  • Published In Deer Isle [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In North Haven [Knox County] ...
    • North Haven News (from 1982)
  • Published In Rockport [Knox County] ...
    • The Rockport News (from 1892)
    • The Village Echo (from 187?)
      • The first year of publication was in 187?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Village Echo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96075081
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34748552
  • Published In Stonington [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In Appleton [Knox County] ...
    • Good Neighbors (from 1991)
  • Published In Blue Hill [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In Rockland [Knox County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rockland. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Rockland
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Islesboro. This extended list includes all the papers from Rockland. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Islesboro
  • Published In Vinalhaven [Knox County] ...
    • The Vinal Haven Review (from 1894)
    • The Vinalhaven Echo (from 1887)
    • The Vinalhaven Neighbor (from 1937)
    • The Wind (from 1884)
    • Vinalhaven Messenger (from 1885)
    • Wind (from 1974)
      • Years of publication:  1974 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Wind
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97062782
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37763688
  • Published In Bucksport [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In Union [Knox County] ...
    • The Union Herald (from 1878)
      • The first year of publication was in 1878, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Union Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00062521
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 45432335
    • The Union Weekly Press (from 18??)
    • Union Farmer (from 1888)
    • Union Weekly Times (from 189?)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Islesboro. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Islesboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Islesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3084, Longitude: -68.9034       In this case, the coordinates for Islesboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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