Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Scranton.
Our newspaper information for Scranton 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 101 papers that were published in the immediate area of Scranton. In addition, the list contains another 55 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Scranton. In total, we've identified 156 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Scranton.
Newspapers Published In Scranton ...
We know of 101 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Scranton:
- Baner America (from 1868)
- Daily Times (from 1874)
- Der Herold (from 187?)
- Der Tagliche Herold (from 1885)
- Fest-Zeitung (from 1884)
- Fest-Zeitung (from 1884)
- Free Patrol (from 1877)
- Gwerinwr Cymreig (from 18??)
- Il Minatore = The Miner (from 1912)
- Industrial Advocate (from 1877)
- Jednota (from 1902)
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1904
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jednota
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93058799
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28005815
- Offizielle Fest-Zeitung (from 18??)
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- Polish American Journal (from 1948)
- Polish American Journal (from 1972)
- Polish American Journal (from 1948)
- Polish-American Journal (from 1963)
- Polish-American Journal (from 1963)
- Prawo Ludu = The Peoples' Rights (from 19??)
- Scranton Daily Democrat (from 187?)
- Scranton Daily News (from 1860)
- Scranton Daily Register (from 186?)
- Scranton Daily Republican (from 1867)
- Scranton Daily Times (from 1872)
- Scranton Daily Times (from 18??)
- Scranton Evening News (from 1882)
- Scranton Herold (from 1874)
- Scranton Herold (from 18??)
- Scranton Journal (from 187?)
- Scranton Register (from 186?)
- Scranton Republican Tribune And Truth (from 1915)
- Scranton Sonnabend Journal (from 1886)
- Scranton Weekly Advertiser (from 186?)
- Scranton Weekly Democrat (from 1868)
- Scranton Weekly Republican (from 186?)
- Scranton Wochenblatt (from 1865)
- Scranton Wochenblatt (from 1865)
- Sonntags-Blatt (from 1878)
- Spirit Of The Valley (from 1855)
- The Aquinas : The Student Voice Of The University Of Scranton (from 1916)
- The Blade (from 1888)
- The Cartridge Box (from 1880)
- The Catholic Light (from 1901)
- The Catholic Record (from 1887)
- The Daily Democrat (from 1869)
- The Daily Times (from 1870)
- The Democrat (from 18??)
- The Diocesan Record (from 1890)
- The Dollar Weekly News (from 18??)
- The Evening Star (from 1877)
- The Evening Times (from 1883)
- The Examiner (from 1867)
- The Herald Of The Union (from 1856)
- The Independent (from 1973)
- The Index (from 1887)
- The Junior Catholic Light (from 1934)
- The Lackawanna Democrat (from 1882)
- The Lackawanna Herald And American Advocate (from 185?)
- The Lackawanna Herald (from 1853)
- The Lackawanna Independent (from 1973)
- The Lackawanna Intelligencer (from 1882)
- The Lackawanna Register (from 1863)
- The Lackawanna Valley Independent (from 1973)
- The Morning Herald (from 1860)
- The Morning Republican (from 1868)
- The Morning Times (from 1988)
- The People (from 1886)
- The Scranton Advertiser (from 1876)
- The Scranton City Journal (from 1867)
- The Scranton Daily News And Hyde Park Advertiser (from 1861)
- The Scranton Daily News (from 1913)
- The Scranton Dispatch (from 19??)
- The Scranton Republican And Tribune (from 1915)
- The Scranton Republican Tribune, Truth And Daily News (from 1915)
- The Scranton Republican (from 1856)
- The Scranton Republican (from 1877)
- The Scranton Republican (from 1915)
- The Scranton Republican (from 1898)
- The Scranton Square Dealer (from 19??)
- The Scranton Sun (from 1926)
- The Scranton Times (from 1891)
- The Scranton Times (from 1885)
- The Scranton Times (from 18??)
- The Scranton Tribune (from 1891)
- The Scranton Tribune (from 1936)
- The Scranton Truth (from 1884)
- The Scranton Weekly Free Press (from 1875)
- The Scrantonian (from 1897)
- The Semi-Weekly Republican (from 1863)
- The Standard (from 1895)
- The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080583
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16819819
- The Star (from 1871)
- The Sunday Free Press (from 1882)
- The Sunday Morning Free Press (from 1872)
- The Sunday Morning News (from 1878)
- The Sunday Plain Dealer (from 18??)
- The Times-Tribune (from 2005)
- The Tribune-Republican (from 1910)
- The Tribune (from 1990)
- The Tribune (from 1977)
- The Weekly Times (from 1873)
- Tri-Weekly Experiment (from 1855)
- Weekly Register (from 1863)
Newspapers Neighboring Scranton ...
The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Scranton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Scranton.
- Published In Dunmore ...
- Dunmore Pioneer (from 188?)
- Pioneer (from 1886)
- Years of publication: 1886 to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pioneer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078251
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16315097
- The Dunmorean (from 1912)
- Published In Olyphant ...
- Gazette (from 1887)
- Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078271
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16350224
- Mid-Valley Journal (from 1938)
- Mid-valley News (from 1985)
- Olyphant Gazette (from 1887)
- Olyphant Record (from 1892)
- Published In Avoca [Luzerne County] ...
- The Avoca Times (from 1889)
- Published In Clarks Summit ...
- The Abington Journal (from 1948)
- The Abington News (from 1935)
- The Abington Voice (from 1975)
- The Journal (from 200?)
- The Voice (from 1977)
- Published In Elmhurst ...
- The Elmhurst Signal (from 1893)
- Published In Archbald ...
- Archbald Citizen (from 1894)
- Published In Moscow ...
- The Moscow Sun (from 1895)
- The Shopper's Guide And News (from 19??)
- The Villager (from 1965)
- Published In Pittston [Luzerne County] ...
- Evening Gazette (from 1882)
- Pittston Comet And Wyoming Valley Journal (from 1873)
- Pittston Comet (from 1870)
- Pittston Gazette And Luzerne Anthracite Journal (from 185?)
- Pittston Gazette, And Susquehanna Anthracite Journal (from 1850)
- Pittston Gazette (from 1867)
- Pittston Gazette (from 1900)
- Sunday Dispatch (from 1947)
- The Booster (from 1931)
- The Pittston Comet (from 187?)
- The Pittston Free Press, And Luzerne Advertiser (from 1859)
- Published In Carbondale ...
- Carbondale Advance (from 18??)
- Carbondale Daily News (from 1948)
- Carbondale News-Leader (from 1944)
- Carbondale News (from 1961)
- Carbondale News (from 1945)
- Carbondale Review (from 19??)
- Lackawanna Journal (from 1849)
- Munn's Review (from 1898)
- The Carbondale Advance And Jermyn Advocate (from 1889)
- The Carbondale Journal (from 1838)
- The Carbondale Leader (from 1872)
- The Carbondale Miner (from 19??)
- The Carbondale Mirror (from 1981)
- The Carbondale Weekly Advance (from 1861)
- The Citizen (from 1884)
- The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080435
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16268096
- The Critic (from 1879)
- The Daily Anthracite (from 1894)
- The Evening Herald (from 1893)
- The Journal (from 1886)
- The Lackawanna Citizen (from 1850)
- The Mid-Valley Gazette (from 1975)
- The Miner (from 1970)
- The Saturday Review (from 1898)
- Weekend Mirror (from 1982)
- Weekly Advance (from 1858)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Scranton: www.scrantonpa.gov/
The official website for Lackawanna County: www.lackawannacounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Scranton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scranton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4087, Longitude: -75.6586 |