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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Searsport 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 Searsport. In addition, the list contains another 68 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Searsport. In total, we've identified 72 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Searsport.

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 Searsport.  

Newspapers Published In Searsport ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Searsport ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Searsport.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Searsport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Searsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4585, Longitude: -68.9255