Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alexandria.
Our newspaper information for Alexandria 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 Alexandria. In addition, the list contains another 57 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alexandria. In total, we've identified 60 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alexandria.
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 Alexandria.
Newspapers Published In Alexandria ...
We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Alexandria:
- Home 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 Home News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080293
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15745986
- Our Church News (from 1888)
- The Mountain Messenger (from 1890)
Newspapers Neighboring Alexandria ...
The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alexandria.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Alexandria.
- Published In Huntingdon ...
- We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Huntingdon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Huntingdon
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alexandria. This extended list includes all the papers from Huntingdon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Alexandria
- Published In Williamsburg [Blair County] ...
- Temperance Vindicator (from 1868)
- The Williamsburg Record (from 1906)
- The Williamsburg Semi-Weekly Record (from 190?)
- Williamsburg Journal (from 1938)
- Published In Tyrone [Blair County] ...
- The Tyrone Times (from 1880)
- Tyrone Daily Herald (from 1887)
- Tyrone Democrat (from 1872)
- Tyrone Herald (from 1867)
- Published In Bellwood [Blair County] ...
- The Bellwood Bulletin (from 1888)
- Published In Altoona [Blair County] ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Altoona. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Altoona
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alexandria. This extended list includes all the papers from Altoona. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Alexandria
- Published In Mount Union ...
- Mount Union Republican (from 1917)
- The County Bulletin (from 1898)
- The Herald (from 1874)
- The Mount Union News Successor To The Mount Union Republican (from 1918)
- The Twice a Week Republican (from 1903)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1874)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1875)
- Published In Hollidaysburg [Blair County] ...
- Beacon Light (from 1843)
- Blair County Whig And Hollidaysburg And Gaysport Telegraph (from 1849)
- Blair Press (from 1963)
- Canal And Portage Register (from 1836)
- Democratic Standard And Huntingdon County Gazette (from 1839)
- Democratic Standard (from 1842)
- Hollidaysburg Observer (from 1984)
- Hollidaysburg Register, And Blair County Inquirer (from 1846)
- Hollidaysburgh Register (from 1849)
- The Aurora And Courier (from 1833)
- The Hollidaysburg Register (from 1868)
- Published In Newton Hamilton [Mifflin County] ...
- Flea-bite (from 1879)
- Newton News (from 1925)
- The Herald (from 1905)
- The Reasoner (from 1886)
- The Watchman (from 1880)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Alexandria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Huntingdon County: www.huntingdoncounty.net/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Alexandria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alexandria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5567, Longitude: -78.0982 |