Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 21 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Packerton. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Lehighton Evening Leader (from 1902)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1921
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lehighton Evening Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078537
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17060616
Midweeker (from 1983)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1983 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Midweeker
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078545
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17060486
The Carbon Advocate (from 1872)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1872 to 1924
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: The Carbon Advocate
- Holdings: LCCN SN83032231
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10223342
- ISSN Number: 2166-1847
The Carbon Herald (from 1880)
- Published in Weatherly [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1880 to 1881
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Carbon Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080219
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15647974
The Evening Leader (from 1921)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1921 to 1970
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evening Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078539
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16519248
The Gazette (from 1974)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1974 to 1976
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078542
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064485
The Good News Gazette (from 1976)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1976 to 1978
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Good News Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078541
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064480
The Lansford Leader (from 1893)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to 1938
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lansford Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88079456
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15390352
The Lehighton Press (from 1892)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1892 to 1896
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lehighton Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078546
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064378
The Lehighton Press (from 1900)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1948
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lehighton Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078548
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064395
The News-Record (from 1950)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1950 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News-Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078544
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064441
The News (from 1891)
- Published in Slatington [Lehigh County]
- Years of publication: 1891 to 1898
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077871
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18946335
The Press (from 1896)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1896 to 1900
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078547
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064384
The Slatington News (from 1868)
- Published in Slatington [Lehigh County]
- Years of publication: 1868 to 1891
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Slatington News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026396
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10466778
The Slatington News (from 1898)
- Published in Slatington [Lehigh County]
- Years of publication: 1898 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Slatington News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077872
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18946417
The Valley Gazette (from 1972)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1972 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Valley Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078540
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17060531
The Weatherly Herald (from 1881)
- Published in Weatherly [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1881 to 1981
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weatherly Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080218
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15647990
The Weekly Gazette (from 1973)
- Published in Lansford [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1973 to 1974
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078543
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17064477
The Weekly Intelligencer (from 1873)
- Published in Summit Hill [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1876
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Intelligencer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86053956
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877201
The Weekly News (from 1872)
- Published in Lehighton [Carbon County]
- Years of publication: 1872 to 1873
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83032232
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10223393
The Youth's Blade (from 18??)
- Published in New Tripoli [Lehigh County]
- Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Youth's Blade
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89077869
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18981295

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Packerton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Packerton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8551, Longitude: -75.7191 In this case, the coordinates for Packerton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).