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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lower Allen 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 Lower Allen. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Lower Allen. Our list contains 28 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Lower Allen.

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 Lower Allen.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Lower Allen ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of Lower Allen.

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

  • Published In New Cumberland  ...
  • Published In Lemoyne  ...
  • Published In Shiremanstown  ...
    • The Regulator (from 1837)
  • Published In Steelton [Dauphin County] ...
    • Daily Item (from 1883)
    • Item (from 1884)
      • Years of publication:  1884 to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Item
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86081699
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12937487
    • Steelton Advocate (from 1889)
    • Steelton Daily Reporter (from 1882)
    • Steelton Item (from 1875)
    • Steelton Press (from 1890)
    • Steelton Weekly Reporter (from 1883)
  • Published In Harrisburg [Dauphin County] ...
    • We know of 176 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Harrisburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Harrisburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Lower Allen. This extended list includes all the papers from Harrisburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lower Allen.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Penbrook [Dauphin County] ...
  • Published In Mechanicsburg  ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Mechanicsburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Lower Allen. This extended list includes all the papers from Mechanicsburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lower Allen.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lower Allen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lower Allen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2265, Longitude: -76.9005       In this case, the coordinates for Lower Allen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).