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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lake Placid 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Placid. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lake Placid. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lake Placid.

Newspapers Published In Lake Placid ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lake Placid:

  • Essex County News (from 189?)
    • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Essex County News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93063531
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27274076
  • The Adirondack (from 189?)
  • The Lake Placid News (from 1905)
  • The Lake Placid Reporter (from 1979)
  • The Lake Placid Villager (from 1948)
  • The Mountain Mirror (from 1893)

Newspapers Neighboring Lake Placid ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lake Placid.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Placid) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Placid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2835, Longitude: -73.9841