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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.

The following list contains the names of 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Philadelphia. In addition, the list contains another 131 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Philadelphia. In total, we've identified 134 papers within 21 miles [33.8 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 Published In Philadelphia ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Philadelphia:

Newspapers Neighboring Philadelphia ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> 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.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Philadelphia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Philadelphia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1542, Longitude: -75.7095       In this case, the coordinates for Philadelphia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).