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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hess Island 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 Hess Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hess Island. Our list contains 57 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Hess Island.

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 Hess Island.  

Newspapers Neighboring Hess Island ...

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

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

  • Published In Berwick [Columbia County] ...
    • 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Hess Island. 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 Hess Island
  • Published In Shickshinny  ...
  • Published In Conyngham  ...
    • Valley Herald (from 1898)
  • Published In Saint Johns  ...
    • Valley Vigilant (from 1903)
  • Published In Orangeville [Columbia County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Columbia County] ...
    • The Argus (from 1892)
    • The Independent Weekly (from 1874)
  • Published In Nanticoke  ...
  • Published In Bloomsburg [Columbia County] ...

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- Hess Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hess Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0656, Longitude: -76.1869       In this case, the coordinates for Hess Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).