Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shippensburg 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 13 papers that were published in the immediate area of Shippensburg. In addition, the list contains another 75 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Shippensburg. In total, we've identified 88 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Shippensburg.

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 Shippensburg.

Newspapers Published In Shippensburg ...

We know of 13 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Shippensburg:

Democratic Chronicle (from 1875)
- Years of publication: 1875 to 1882
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Democratic Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080019
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14224592
Free Press (from 1833)
- Years of publication: 1833 to 1834
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87062152
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15566371
Shippensburg Herald, And Cumberland And Franklin County Weekly Family Visiter (from 1839)
- Published during 1839
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Shippensburg Herald, And Cumberland And Franklin County Weekly Family Visiter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86053949
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14874277
Shippensburg Herald (from 1837)
- Years of publication: 1837 to 1839
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Shippensburg Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069244
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21461212
The Chronicle (from 1914)
- Years of publication: 1914 to 1927
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080018
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14224468
The Cumberland Valley (from 1841)
- Years of publication: 1841 to 1843
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Cumberland Valley
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87062151
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15566280
The Intelligencer (from 1833)
- Published during 1833
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Intelligencer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87062147
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15565364
The News-Chronicle (from 1927)
- Years of publication: 1927 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News-Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86083293
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12850887
The Shippensburg Chronicle (from 1882)
- Years of publication: 1882 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Shippensburg Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078092
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14224516
The Shippensburg News (from 1852)
- Years of publication: 1852 to 1927
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Shippensburg News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026353
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10432696
The Spirit Of The Times (from 1817)
- Published during 1817
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Spirit Of The Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83025860
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9848697
Tree Of Liberty (from 1815)
- Years of publication: 1815 to 181?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tree Of Liberty
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026349
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10432702
Weekly News (from 1844)
- Years of publication: 1844 to 1852
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88080828
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18252326

Newspapers Neighboring Shippensburg ...

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

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

Published In Scotland [Franklin County] ...
- Industrial School News (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Industrial School News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081413
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13017497
Published In Newville ...
- The Enterprise (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1886
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053783
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14410042
- The Newville Times (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069177
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21170946
- The Star And Enterprise (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star And Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077642
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19244609
- The Star Of The Valley (from 1864)
  - Years of publication: 1864 to 1886
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star Of The Valley
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081698
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12827249
- The Times (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063581
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12827836
- The Valley Star (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90069105
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21095831
- The Valley Star (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081659
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12827301
- The Valley Times-Star (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Times-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077074
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19285160
- The Valley Times (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081327
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12827854
Published In Chambersburg [Franklin County] ...
- We know of 75 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chambersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chambersburg
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Shippensburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Chambersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shippensburg

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Shippensburg: www.borough.shippensburg.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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- Shippensburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shippensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0515, Longitude: -77.5078 In this case, the coordinates for Shippensburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).