Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sweetwater.
Our newspaper information for Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sweetwater. Our list contains 103 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sweetwater.
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 Sweetwater.
Newspapers Neighboring Sweetwater ...
The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Sweetwater.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sweetwater.
- Published In McConnellsburg [Fulton County] ...
- Daily Quid Nunc (from 1878)
- Democratic Bulletin (from 18??)
- The Fulton County Journal The Fulton Democrat (from 1983)
- The Fulton County Journal (from 1981)
- The Fulton County News (from 1899)
- The Fulton Democrat (from 1850)
- The Fulton Republican (from 1851)
- The Whangdoodle (from 1866)
- Whippersnapper (from 1972)
- Published In Chambersburg ...
- 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 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sweetwater. 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 Sweetwater
- Published In Mercersburg ...
- Mercersburg Journal (from 1863)
- Mercersburg Journal (from 189?)
- Mercersburg Visitor (from 1843)
- Mercersburg Weekly Visitor (from 184?)
- The Good Intent (from 1861)
- The Independent (from 1921)
- Weekly Journal (from 1843)
- Weekly Journal (from 1871)
- Published In Orbisonia [Huntingdon County] ...
- The Leader (from 1874)
- The Orbisonia Dispatch (from 1881)
- The Valley Log (from 1980)
- Published In Scotland ...
- Industrial School News (from 1896)
- Published In Greencastle ...
- Echo Pilot (from 1893)
- Greencastle Press And Kauffmans Progressive News (from 1912)
- Greencastle Press (from 1878)
- Kauffmans Progressive News (from 1912)
- The Greencastle Pilot (from 1891)
- The Greencastle Press And News (from 1927)
- The Local Gossiper (from 1886)
- The Pilot (from 1860)
- The Valley Echo (from 1866)
- Published In Saxton [Bedford County] ...
- Broad Top Bulletin (from 1947)
- The Herald (from 1884)
- The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86082058
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14983249
- The Saxton Herald
- Published In Shirleysburg [Huntingdon County] ...
- Shirleysburg Herald (from 1855)
- Shirleysburg Herald (from 1966)
- The Herald (from 1858)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1876)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Sweetwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sweetwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweetwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0279, Longitude: -77.8844 In this case, the coordinates for Sweetwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |