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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Holmesburg 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 Holmesburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Holmesburg. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Holmesburg.

Newspapers Neighboring Holmesburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km] of Holmesburg.

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

  • Published In Riverside [Burlington County] ...
  • Published In Rockledge [Montgomery County] ...
  • Published In Beverly [Burlington County] ...
  • Published In Bensalem [Bucks County] ...
  • Published In Moorestown [Burlington County] ...
  • Published In Huntingdon Valley [Montgomery County] ...
    • The Globe (from 1928)
      • Years of publication:  1928 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Globe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079528
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18320588
  • Published In Jenkintown [Montgomery County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holmesburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holmesburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0415, Longitude: -75.0279       In this case, the coordinates for Holmesburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).