Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Westmont.
Our newspaper information for Westmont 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 Westmont. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Westmont. Our list contains 47 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Westmont.
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 Westmont.
Newspapers Neighboring Westmont ...
The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Westmont.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Westmont.
- Published In Lilly ...
- The Lilly Signal (from 1896)
- Published In Johnstown ...
- We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Johnstown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Johnstown
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Westmont. This extended list includes all the papers from Johnstown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westmont
- Published In New Florence [Westmoreland County] ...
- The New Florence News (from 1887)
- Published In South Fork ...
- South Fork Courier (from 1887)
- South Fork Record (from 1894)
- Published In Windber [Somerset County] ...
- The Windber Daily Era (from 1903)
- The Windber Journal (from 1899)
- Published In Bolivar [Westmoreland County] ...
- The Bolivar News (from 1900)
- Published In Dunlo ...
- The Dunlo News (from 1912)
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- Westmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3195, Longitude: -78.9464 In this case, the coordinates for Westmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |