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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sweet Valley 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sweet Valley. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sweet Valley. In total, we've identified 90 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Sweet Valley.

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 Sweet Valley.  

Newspapers Published In Sweet Valley ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sweet Valley:

  • Country Impressions (from 1965)
  • Mountaintop Star (from 1973)
  • Suburban News (from 1974)

Newspapers Neighboring Sweet Valley ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Sweet Valley.

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

  • Published In Shickshinny  ...
  • Published In Nanticoke  ...
  • Published In Dallas  ...
  • Published In Plymouth  ...
  • Published In Kingston  ...
    • The Kingston Times (from 188?)
    • The Wyoming Republican (from 1832)
  • Published In Benton [Columbia County] ...
    • The Argus (from 1892)
    • The Independent Weekly (from 1874)
  • Published In Wilkes-Barre  ...
    • We know of 87 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wilkes-Barre. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Wilkes-Barre
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Sweet Valley. This extended list includes all the papers from Wilkes-Barre. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sweet Valley

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sweet Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweet Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2823, Longitude: -76.1447       In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).