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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rising Sun. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Rising Sun.

Newspapers Neighboring Rising Sun ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Rising Sun.

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

  • Published In Slatington  ...
    • The News (from 1891)
      • 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 Slatington News (from 1868)
    • The Slatington News (from 1898)
  • Published In Northampton [Northampton County] ...
    • Northampton Times (from 1961)
    • Suburban Scene (from 1972)
    • The Times (from 1962)
      • Years of publication:  1962 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079103
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17475203
  • Published In Catasauqua  ...
  • Published In Fogelsville  ...
  • Published In New Tripoli  ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rising Sun) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rising Sun. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7024, Longitude: -75.5963       In this case, the coordinates for Rising Sun have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).