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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Tamaqua 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Tamaqua. In addition, the list contains another 58 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Tamaqua. In total, we've identified 66 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Tamaqua.

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 Tamaqua.  

Newspapers Published In Tamaqua ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Tamaqua:

Newspapers Neighboring Tamaqua ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Tamaqua.

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

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- Tamaqua) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tamaqua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7823, Longitude: -76.0055       In this case, the coordinates for Tamaqua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).