Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Foster 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 Foster. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Foster. Our list contains 23 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Foster.

Newspapers Neighboring Foster ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Foster.

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

Published In Saltsburg ...
- Saltsburg Sentinel (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Saltsburg Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078208
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15681455
- The Saltsburg Press (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Saltsburg Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053926
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868454
Published In New Alexandria [Westmoreland County] ...
- New Alexandria Press (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the New Alexandria Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078219
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15688709
Published In Blairsville ...
- Blairsville Daily Courier (from 1895)
  - The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Daily Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87079973
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193887
- Blairsville Dispatch (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078188
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15341517
- Blairsville Enterprise (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081828
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13592147
- Blairsville Independent (from 1860)
  - The first year of publication was in 1860, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080241
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15694317
- Blairsville Record, And Conemaugh Reporter (from 1827)
  - Years of publication: 1827 to 1869
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Record, And Conemaugh Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84024569
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11052064
- Blairsville Record, And Indiana And Westmoreland Advertiser (from 183?)
  - Years of publication: 183? to 184?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Record, And Indiana And Westmoreland Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071037
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13045868
- Blairsville Record (from 1826)
  - Years of publication: 1826 to 183?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13657412
- Conemaugh Republican (from 1830)
  - Years of publication: 1830 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Conemaugh Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84024570
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11053046
- Evening Courier (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1895
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Evening Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87079972
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193863
- The Apalachian [sic] (from 1846)
  - Years of publication: 1846 to 1855
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Apalachian [sic]
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85054932
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2257630
- The Blairsville Courier
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1920
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blairsville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87079974
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193837
- The Blairsville Press (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blairsville Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078209
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15681142
- The Blairsville Record (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 1869
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blairsville Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025175
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11735786
- The Citizen, And Blairsville Advocate (from 1845)
  - Years of publication: 1845 to 1846
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Citizen, And Blairsville Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080231
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15680042
- The Dispatch (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080341
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15680068
- The New Era (from 1864)
  - Years of publication: 1864 to 1866
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078210
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15681126
- The True American And Apalachian (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The True American And Apalachian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86083229
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14251843
Published In Homer City ...
- Homer City Journal (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Homer City Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080238
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15680947
- Indiana County Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Indiana County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080239
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15680938
- The Indiana County American (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Indiana County American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080248
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15694255

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5326, Longitude: -79.4400 In this case, the coordinates for Foster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).