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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for New Cumberland 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of New Cumberland. In addition, the list contains another 29 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded New Cumberland. In total, we've identified 32 papers within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of New Cumberland.

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 New Cumberland.  

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

Newspapers Published In New Cumberland ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of New Cumberland:

Newspapers Neighboring New Cumberland ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of New Cumberland.

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

  • Published In Lemoyne  ...
  • 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 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of New Cumberland. 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 New Cumberland.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Penbrook [Dauphin County] ...
  • Published In Shiremanstown  ...
    • The Regulator (from 1837)
  • 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 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of New Cumberland. 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 New Cumberland.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Marysville [Perry 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 from Point A (ie- New Cumberland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Cumberland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2325, Longitude: -76.8848