Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Five Points.
Our newspaper information for Five Points 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 Five Points. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Five Points. Our list contains 64 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Five Points.
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 Five Points.
Newspapers Neighboring Five Points ...
The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Five Points.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Five Points.
- Published In Benton ...
- The Argus (from 1892)
- The Independent Weekly (from 1874)
- Published In Sweet Valley [Luzerne County] ...
- Country Impressions (from 1965)
- Mountaintop Star (from 1973)
- Suburban News (from 1974)
- Published In Shickshinny [Luzerne County] ...
- The Mountain Echo (from 1873)
- The Shickshinny Democrat (from 1892)
- Published In Orangeville ...
- The Community Advertiser (from 1950)
- The Fishing Creek Confederator (from 1954)
- Published In Berwick ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Berwick. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Berwick
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Five Points. This extended list includes all the papers from Berwick. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Five Points
- Published In Laporte [Sullivan County] ...
- Crumbs Of Comfort (from 1866)
- Democratic Sentinel (from 1882)
- Republican News Item (from 1896)
- Sullivan County Democrat (from 1851)
- Sullivan Democrat (from 1896)
- Sullivan Republican (from 1883)
- The Grant Standard (from 1872)
- The Jakersville Echo (from 1934)
- The Press & Standard (from 1872)
- The Sullivan Free Press (from 1865)
- Published In Bloomsburg ...
- Bloomsburg Democrat (from 1867)
- Bloomsburg Journal (from 1876)
- Columbia County Register (from 1828)
- Columbia County Republican (from 1857)
- Columbia Democrat And Bloomsburg General Advertiser (from 1850)
- Columbia Democrat And Star Of The North (from 1866)
- Press-Enterprise (from 1983)
- The Bloomsburg Daily (from 1892)
- The Bloomsburg Register (from 18??)
- The Campaign (from 1866)
- The Columbia Democrat (from 1837)
- The Columbian (from 1866)
- The Daily Mail (from 1908)
- The Daily Sentinel (from 1892)
- The Democratic Sentinel (from 1871)
- The Independent (from 1935)
- The Morning Press (from 1902)
- The Republican (from 1857)
- The Star Of The North (from 1849)
- Published In Eagles Mere [Sullivan County] ...
- Crestmont Views (from 19??)
- Eagles Mere Chautauquan
- Eagles Mere Daily News
- News-mirror (from 1933)
- The Eagles Mere News (from 1932)
- Published In Nanticoke [Luzerne County] ...
- The Nanticoke Sentinel (from 1874)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Five Points. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiapa.org/county/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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- Five Points) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Points. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2440, Longitude: -76.3294 In this case, the coordinates for Five Points have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |