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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Palermo 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 Palermo. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Palermo. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Palermo.

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 Palermo.  

Newspapers Neighboring Palermo ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Palermo.

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

  • Published In Liberty  ...
    • The Local Liberty (from 1882)
  • Published In North Vassalboro [Kennebec County] ...
    • The Young America (from 187?)
  • Published In Vassalboro [Kennebec County] ...
    • The Kennebec Valley News (from 189?)
  • Published In Waterville [Kennebec County] ...
  • Published In Appleton [Knox County] ...
    • Good Neighbors (from 1991)
  • Published In Fairfield [Somerset County] ...
  • Published In Augusta [Kennebec County] ...
    • We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Augusta. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Augusta
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Palermo. This extended list includes all the papers from Augusta. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Palermo
  • 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?)
  • Published In Hallowell [Kennebec County] ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Hallowell. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Hallowell
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Palermo. This extended list includes all the papers from Hallowell. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Palermo

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Palermo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palermo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4078, Longitude: -69.4739       In this case, the coordinates for Palermo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).