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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Broad Axe is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Broad Axe. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Broad Axe. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Broad Axe.

Newspapers Neighboring Broad Axe ...

The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 km] of Broad Axe.

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

  • Published In Ambler  ...
  • Published In Fort Washington  ...
    • Montgomeryville Spirit (from 1974)
    • North Penn Life (from 19??)
    • Suburban Spirit (from 1982)
  • Published In Oreland  ...
    • Springfield Sun (from 1971)
    • The Sun (from 1961)
      • Years of publication:  1961 to 1971
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079530
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18386193

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- Broad Axe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Broad Axe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1390, Longitude: -75.2443       In this case, the coordinates for Broad Axe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).