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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mummasburg 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 Mummasburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mummasburg. Our list contains 41 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Mummasburg.

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 Mummasburg.  

Newspapers Neighboring Mummasburg ...

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

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

  • Published In Gettysburg  ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Gettysburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Gettysburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Mummasburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Gettysburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mummasburg
  • Published In Emmitsburg [Frederick County] ...
  • Published In New Oxford  ...
    • New Oxford Item (from 1879)
  • Published In York Springs  ...
    • The Item
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1901
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Item
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88080890
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16576282
    • York Springs Comet (from 1877)
    • York Springs Item (from 1901)
  • Published In Latimore  ...
    • The Item (from 1901)
      • Years of publication:  1901 to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Item
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87078496
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16519911

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- Mummasburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mummasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8853, Longitude: -77.2885       In this case, the coordinates for Mummasburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).