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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Suffern 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 Suffern. In addition, the list contains another 74 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Suffern. In total, we've identified 80 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Suffern.

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 Suffern.  

Newspapers Published In Suffern ...

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

  • Ramapo Valley Independent
  • Rockland News Leader (from 19??)
  • Suffern Independent
  • The Mountaineer (from 1887)
    • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Mountaineer
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91066628
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24159278
  • The Record (from 1888)
  • The Rockland Independent (from 1956)

Newspapers Neighboring Suffern ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Suffern.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Suffern) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Suffern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1119, Longitude: -74.1523