Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Slippery Rock 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 Slippery Rock. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Slippery Rock. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Slippery Rock.

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 Slippery Rock.

Newspapers Neighboring Slippery Rock ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Slippery Rock.

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

Published In Prospect ...
- Camp-Meeting Register (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Camp-Meeting Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077764
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19471329
Published In Mercer [Mercer County] ...
- Democratic Register (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Democratic Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053629
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14121501
- Dispatch And Republican (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dispatch And Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87078158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13777615
- Freemen's Monitor, Literary Gazette (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 1846
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Freemen's Monitor, Literary Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88080874
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16519925
- Independent Democrat (from 1850)
  - Years of publication: 1850 to 185?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Independent Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038432
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12396508
- Mercer County Dispatch (from 1857)
  - Years of publication: 1857 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mercer County Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053628
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14121090
- Mercer County Whig (from 1844)
  - Years of publication: 1844 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mercer County Whig
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038431
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12396505
- Mercer Luminary (from 1830)
  - Years of publication: 1830 to 1850
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mercer Luminary
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081382
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13547607
- Political Regulator (from 1846)
  - Years of publication: 1846 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Political Regulator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19217057
- The Democratic Signal (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to 1871
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democratic Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077029
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19028522
- The Freeman (from 1852)
  - Years of publication: 1852 to 1859
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Freeman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077640
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19211119
- The Mercer Dispatch And Republican (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1944
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Dispatch And Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13877542
- The Mercer Dispatch (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10308032
- The Mercer Dispatch (from 1945)
  - Years of publication: 1945 to 1967
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077059
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19227054
- The Mercer Gazette (from 1825)
  - Years of publication: 1825 to 1827
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071935
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14252647
- The Mercer Republican (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077610
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19173803
- The Press (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 1866
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077636
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19217285
- The Western Press (from 1829)
  - Years of publication: 1829 to 1865
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Western Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10308015
- The Western Press (from 1811)
  - Years of publication: 1811 to 1827
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Western Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86081775
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14185670
- The Whig And Dispatch (from 1864)
  - Years of publication: 1864 to 1865
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whig And Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88086099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17592830
- Western Press, And Mercer County Gazette (from 1827)
  - Years of publication: 1827 to 1829
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Western Press, And Mercer County Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080551
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15238680
- Western Press (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Western Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077637
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19217276
Published In New Wilmington [Lawrence County] ...
- Globe And New Wilmington Globe (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 1978
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Globe And New Wilmington Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077672
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19358969
- The Globe And New Wilmington Globe (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Globe And New Wilmington Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19358935
- The Globe And New Wilmington Globe (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Globe And New Wilmington Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077670
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19358944
- The Globe And New Wilmington Globe (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Globe And New Wilmington Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077671
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19358954
- The Globe (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077673
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19358992
- The Keynote (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Keynote
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89077851
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19611866
- The New Wilmington Globe (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Wilmington Globe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88079494
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2264916
Published In New Castle [Lawrence County] ...
- We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Castle. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Castle
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Slippery Rock. This extended list includes all the papers from New Castle. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Slippery Rock

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Slippery Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.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 from Point A (ie- Slippery Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Slippery Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0706, Longitude: -80.0581 In this case, the coordinates for Slippery Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).