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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sweeneys Crossroads 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 Sweeneys Crossroads. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sweeneys Crossroads. Our list contains 48 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Sweeneys Crossroads.

Newspapers Neighboring Sweeneys Crossroads ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Sweeneys Crossroads.

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

  • Published In Donora [Washington County] ...
  • Published In West Newton  ...
  • Published In Belle Vernon [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Monessen  ...
  • Published In Charleroi [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Fayette City [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Monongahela [Washington County] ...
    • Key News (from 1961)
      • Years of publication:  1961 to 1962
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Key News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079000
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17311261
    • The Monongahela Times (from 1903)
    • The Monongahela Times (from 1902)
    • The Register (from 1980)
  • Published In Perryopolis [Fayette County] ...
    • The Comet (from 1817)
  • Published In Roscoe [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Elizabeth [Allegheny County] ...
  • Published In California [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Clairton [Allegheny County] ...
  • Published In West Elizabeth [Allegheny County] ...

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- Sweeneys Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweeneys Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1770, Longitude: -79.8056       In this case, the coordinates for Sweeneys Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).