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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pleasant 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 Pleasant Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pleasant Island. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Pleasant Island.

Newspapers Neighboring Pleasant Island ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Pleasant Island.

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

  • Published In Rangeley [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Phillips [Franklin County] ...
    • Maine Woods And Maine Sportsman (from 1909)
    • Maine Woodsman (from 1902)
    • Maine Woods (from 1910)
    • Maine Woods (from 1900)
    • Phillips Phonograph (from 1878)
    • Sportsmen's Phonograph

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9978, Longitude: -70.8367       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).