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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pittsburgh 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 434 papers that were published in the immediate area of Pittsburgh. In addition, the list contains another 126 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Pittsburgh. In total, we've identified 560 papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Pittsburgh.

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 Pittsburgh.  

Newspapers Published In Pittsburgh ...

We know of 434 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Pittsburgh:

Newspapers Neighboring Pittsburgh ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Pittsburgh.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Pittsburgh) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pittsburgh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4406, Longitude: -79.9929