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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:

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] ...
  • Published In Newville  ...
  • 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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 40.0520, Longitude: -77.5168