Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for McPherson 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 McPherson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding McPherson. Our list contains 2 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of McPherson.

Newspapers Neighboring McPherson ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of McPherson.

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

Published In North Branch [Somerset County] ...
- The Comet (from 1854)
  - Years of publication: 1854 to 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Comet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85035694
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13200760
- The Weekly Comet (from 1856)
  - Published during 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Comet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85035695
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13200765

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- McPherson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McPherson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6068, Longitude: -74.8477 In this case, the coordinates for McPherson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).