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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morrisania 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morrisania. In addition, the list contains another 113 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morrisania. In total, we've identified 115 papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Morrisania.

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 Morrisania.  

Newspapers Published In Morrisania ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Morrisania:

  • Deutsches Volksblatt (from 1869)
  • The Plaindealer (from 1869)
    • The first year of publication was in 1869, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Plaindealer
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83031569
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10009720

Newspapers Neighboring Morrisania ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Morrisania.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morrisania) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morrisania. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8293, Longitude: -73.9065       In this case, the coordinates for Morrisania have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).