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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Allegany 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 Allegany. In addition, the list contains another 102 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Allegany. In total, we've identified 106 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Allegany.

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 Allegany.  

Newspapers Published In Allegany ...

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

  • Allegany Citizen (from 1896)
  • The Allegany Journal (from 1875)
  • The Beacon Light (from 1895)
    • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Beacon Light
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92062070
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26487301
  • Town Talk (from 1874)
    • Years of publication:  1874 to 1875
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Town Talk
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92062069
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26489626

Newspapers Neighboring Allegany ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Allegany.

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

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- Allegany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allegany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0916, Longitude: -78.4926       In this case, the coordinates for Allegany have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).