Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Philadelphia. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Philadelphia.

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 Philadelphia.  

Newspapers Neighboring Philadelphia ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Philadelphia.

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

• Published In Elizabeth City [Pasquotank County] ...
  • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Elizabeth City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Elizabeth City
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Philadelphia. This extended list includes all the papers from Elizabeth City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Philadelphia
• Published In Moyock [Currituck County] ...
  • The Picayune (from 1923)
    • Years of publication:  1923 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Picayune
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97064644
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39266784
• Published In South Mills  ...
  • South Mills Dispatch (from 1903)
    • Years of publication:  1903 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the South Mills Dispatch
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92074026
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25678015