Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Downingtown 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Downingtown. In addition, the list contains another 46 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Downingtown. In total, we've identified 70 papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Downingtown.

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 Downingtown.

Newspapers Published In Downingtown ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Downingtown:

American Spectator, And People's Friend (from 1834)
- Years of publication: 1834 to 1835
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the American Spectator, And People's Friend
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88079508
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208712
Brandywine Ledger (from 199?)
- Years of publication: 199? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Brandywine Ledger
- Holdings for: LCCN 215761
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45145695
Chescoun Press And Downingtown News (from 1934)
- Years of publication: 1934 to 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chescoun Press And Downingtown News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069148
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20801755
Chescoun Press (from 1930)
- Years of publication: 1930 to 1934
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chescoun Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069147
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20801684
Chester County Archive (from 1875)
- Years of publication: 1875 to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chester County Archive
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86053354
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13541338
Chester County Archive (from 1970)
- Years of publication: 1970 to 1972
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chester County Archive
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077282
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20461351
Downingtown Independent (from 1873)
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1875
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Downingtown Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20910917
Downingtown Ledger (from 199?)
- Years of publication: 199? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Downingtown Ledger
- Holdings for: LCCN 215759
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45144822
Downingtown News (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Downingtown News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069149
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20989026
Downingtown Review (from 1887)
- Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Downingtown Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069127
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20907570
East Branch Citizen (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 198?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the East Branch Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077245
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20360453
Independent Journal (from 1827)
- Years of publication: 1827 to 1830
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Independent Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86071350
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13458517
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- Republican Standard, And Downingtown Journal (from 1835)
  - Years of publication: 1835 to 1836
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Republican Standard, And Downingtown Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079509
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208970
- The American Republican (from 1809)
  - Years of publication: 1809 to 1811
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The American Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83032022
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10130219
- The Archive (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1970
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Archive
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079506
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208786
- The Chester County Journal (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079507
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18208763
- The Daily Review (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069128
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20907651
- The Downingtown American Republican (from 1811)
  - Years of publication: 1811 to 1813
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Downingtown American Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071351
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13458533
- The Downingtown Archive (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Downingtown Archive
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20920328
- The Downingtown Bee (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Downingtown Bee
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069126
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20801184
- The Downingtown News (from 193?)
  - Published during 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Downingtown News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069146
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20801858
- The Downingtown News (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Downingtown News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077244
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20360510
- The Temperate Zone, And Chester & Delaware Advertiser (from 1808)
  - Years of publication: 1808 to 180?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Temperate Zone, And Chester & Delaware Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91070088
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24464381
- The Temperate Zone (from 180?)
  - Years of publication: 180? to 1809
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Temperate Zone
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91070090
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24464477

Newspapers Neighboring Downingtown ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Downingtown.

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

Published In Coatesville ...
- Anti-Masonic Examiner And Chester County Farmer (from 1831)
  - Published during 1831
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Anti-Masonic Examiner And Chester County Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20783540
- Anti-Masonic Examiner, And Chester County Recorder (from 1830)
  - Years of publication: 1830 to 1831
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Anti-Masonic Examiner, And Chester County Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079278
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17403977
- Chester County Leader (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chester County Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20783420
- Coatesville Record (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Coatesville Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063541
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13370362
- Coatesville Times (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Coatesville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14979017
- The Brandywine Review (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Brandywine Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20777847
- The Chester Valley Type (from 1861)
  - Years of publication: 1861 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Valley Type
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20783360
- The Chester Valley Union (from 1863)
  - Years of publication: 1863 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chester Valley Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025955
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10116129
- The Coatesville Journal (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coatesville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069111
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20801627
- The Coatesville Paper (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coatesville Paper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20820949
- The General Advertiser And Journal Of The Times (from 1836)
  - Years of publication: 1836 to 1838
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The General Advertiser And Journal Of The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20764130
- The Record Plus (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record Plus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069145
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20911109
- The Record Plus (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record Plus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19571071
- The Star (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20910078
- Weekly Times (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077522
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20050735
Published In West Chester ...
- We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Chester. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for West Chester
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Downingtown. This extended list includes all the papers from West Chester. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Downingtown

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Downingtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Downingtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0066, Longitude: -75.7033