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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Metal 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 Metal. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Metal. Our list contains 96 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Metal.

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 Metal.  

Newspapers Neighboring Metal ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Metal.

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

  • Published In McConnellsburg [Fulton County] ...
  • Published In Chambersburg  ...
    • We know of 75 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chambersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chambersburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Metal. This extended list includes all the papers from Chambersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Metal
  • Published In Mercersburg  ...
    • Mercersburg Journal (from 1863)
    • Mercersburg Journal (from 189?)
    • Mercersburg Visitor (from 1843)
    • Mercersburg Weekly Visitor (from 184?)
    • The Good Intent (from 1861)
    • The Independent (from 1921)
    • Weekly Journal (from 1843)
    • Weekly Journal (from 1871)
  • Published In Orbisonia [Huntingdon County] ...
    • The Leader (from 1874)
    • The Orbisonia Dispatch (from 1881)
    • The Valley Log (from 1980)
  • Published In Scotland  ...
  • Published In Greencastle  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Metal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Metal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0139, Longitude: -77.8789