Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg.
Our newspaper information for Mechanicsburg is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 28 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanicsburg. In addition, the list contains another 77 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mechanicsburg. In total, we've identified 105 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg.
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 Mechanicsburg.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Mechanicsburg ...
We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mechanicsburg:
- Cumberland Valley Record (from 1879)
- Daily Local News (from 1923)
- Farmers' Friend And Grange Advocate (from 187?)
- Farmers' Friend And Grange Trade Bulletin (from 1903)
- Independent And Journal (from 1872)
- Independent Press (from 1845)
- Mechanicsburg Free Press (from 1891)
- Mechanicsburg News (from 193?)
- Merchants News (from 192?)
- News (from 1970)
- Years of publication: 1970 to 1973
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069178
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21217814
- Saturday Evening Journal (from 1877)
- Saturday Journal (from 188?)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- The Cumberland Valley Journal (from 1858)
- The Daily Journal (from 1900)
- The Daily Monitor (from 1870)
- The Farmer's Friend (from 1874)
- The Farmers' Friend (from 1900)
- The Guide (from 1933)
- The Independent Journal (from 187?)
- The Mechanicsburg Daily (from 1896)
- The Mechanicsburg Press (from 1948)
- The Mechanicsburg Weekly Gazette (from 1856)
- The Midget (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 Midget
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069239
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21458048
- The School Visiter And Family Entertainer (from 1837)
- The Towne News (from 1989)
- The Valley Democrat (from 1868)
- Village Visiter And Family Entertainer (from 1837)
- Weekly Gazette (from 1857)
Newspapers Neighboring Mechanicsburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Mechanicsburg.
- Published In Shiremanstown ...
- The Regulator (from 1837)
- Published In Lemoyne ...
- The West Side Record (from 1907)
- Published In Middlesex ...
- Middlesex Monitor (from 19??)
- Published In Dillsburg [York County] ...
- Dillsburg Banner (from 1987)
- Dillsburg Bulletin (from 187?)
- Dillsburg Weekly Bulletin (from 188?)
- The Community News (from 1965)
- The Dillsburg New Era (from 1875)
- The Weekly Bulletin And Tri-County Farm News (from 1919)
- Weekly Bulletin (from 1928)
- Published In New Cumberland ...
- Freeman's Advocate, And Cumberland, York & Dauphin Advertiser (from 1839)
- G.I (from 193?)
- Years of publication: 193? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the G.I
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077023
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19031702
- PW-Quelle (from 1945)
- 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 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg. 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 Mechanicsburg.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Carlisle ...
- We know of 67 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Carlisle. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Carlisle
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Carlisle. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mechanicsburg.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Marysville [Perry County] ...
- Marysville Weekly Advance (from 1891)
- Published In Penbrook [Dauphin County] ...
- Dauphin County Times (from 1897)
- The Penbrook Times (from 1895)
- 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Mechanicsburg: www.mechanicsburgborough.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Mechanicsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mechanicsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2133, Longitude: -77.0080 |