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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Port Carbon 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Port Carbon. In addition, the list contains another 117 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Port Carbon. In total, we've identified 118 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Port Carbon.

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 Port Carbon.  

Newspapers Published In Port Carbon ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Port Carbon area:

Newspapers Neighboring Port Carbon ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Port Carbon.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Carbon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Carbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6968, Longitude: -76.1652       In this case, the coordinates for Port Carbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).