Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Williamsport.
Our newspaper information for Williamsport 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Williamsport. In addition, the list contains another 32 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Williamsport. In total, we've identified 51 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Williamsport.
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 Williamsport.
Newspapers Published In Williamsport ...
We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Williamsport:
- Lycoming Advertiser (from 1814)
- Lycoming Chronicle (from 1880)
- Lycoming Daily Gazette (from 1868)
- Lycoming Democrat (from 1851)
- Lycoming Gazette (from 1838)
- Lycoming Recorder (from 1887)
- Lycoming Standard, And Williamsport General Advertiser (from 1866)
- Lycoming Standard (from 1866)
- The Freeman (from 1839)
- The Lycoming Chronicle And West Branch Courier (from 1829)
- The Lycoming Chronicle (from 1833)
- The Lycoming Gazette, And Chronicle (from 1837)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- The Lycoming Gazette, And Farmer's, Mechanic's And Laborer's Chronicle (from 1838)
- The Lycoming Gazette (from 1801)
- The Lycoming Ranger (from 1873)
- Weekly Democratic Banner (from 18??)
- Weekly Sun And Banner (from 1881)
- West Branch Beobachter (from 1864)
- Williamsport Sun And Banner (from 1890)
Newspapers Neighboring Williamsport ...
The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Williamsport.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Williamsport.
- Published In South Williamsport ...
- South Williamsport Times (from 1905)
- Published In Montoursville ...
- Montour News (from 1962)
- Montoursville Merchandiser (from 1962)
- Montoursville Monitor (from 1955)
- The Montoursville Echo (from 1891)
- The Republic (from 1891)
- Published In Hughesville ...
- East Lycoming Shopper (from 1957)
- Hughesville Enterprise (from 1874)
- The Canusarago Daily Herald (from 1873)
- The Hughesville Mail (from 1883)
- Published In Oval ...
- The Ledger (from 1906)
- The Ledger (from 1911)
- The Oval Ledger (from 1890)
- The Oval Ledger (from 1909)
- Published In Muncy ...
- Pa. Ratchet Jaw (from 1976)
- The Luminary (from 1946)
- The Muncy Democrat (from 1897)
- The Muncy Luminary Lycoming County Advertiser (from 1937)
- The Muncy Luminary, And Lycoming County Advertiser (from 1844)
- The Muncy Luminary (from 1939)
- The Muncy Luminary (from 1841)
- The Muncy Pastorate (from 1890)
- The Muncy Telegraph (from 1831)
- The Olive Branch (from 1844)
- Published In Jersey Shore ...
- Anti-Masonic Advocate (from 1832)
- Jersey Shore Herald (from 1860)
- Jersey Shore News-Letter (from 1854)
- Jersey Shore Republican (from 1846)
- Jersey Shore Vidette (from 1887)
- Jersey Shore Vidette (from 1865)
- Jersey Shore Weekly Times (from 1883)
- National Vedette (from 1855)
- The Evening News Of, By And For The People Of The Community (from 1960)
- The Jersey Shore Herald (from 1903)
- The Morning Herald (from 1958)
- Weekly Spirit (from 1895)
- The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly Spirit
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86081484
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13651325
- West Branch Courier, And Jersey Shore Advertiser (from 1827)
- West Branch Courier (from 1829)
- West Branch Trader Of Jersey Shore (from 1973)
- Published In Oriole ...
- The Nippenose News (from 189?)
- Published In Montgomery ...
- Montgomery Bulletin (from 1952)
- Montgomery Merchants Bureau Bulletin (from 1952)
- Montgomery Mirror (from 1889)
- The Montgomery News (from 1944)
- Published In Watsontown [Northumberland County] ...
- The Record And Star (from 1884)
- The Watsontown Record (from 1870)
- West Branch Star (from 1882)
- Published In Avis [Clinton County] ...
- New York Central Lines News (from 1907)
- Published In Milton [Northumberland County] ...
- Milton Evening Standard And Miltonian (from 1933)
- Milton Evening Standard (from 1941)
- The Advocate And Dayspring (from 1844)
- The Humorist (from 1845)
- The Milton Democrat (from 1852)
- The Milton Economist (from 1884)
- The Milton Evening Standard (from 1900)
- The Milton Ledger (from 1838)
- The Milton Record (from 1892)
- The Milton Standard (from 1961)
- The Milton Weekly Argus (from 1877)
- The Milton Weekly Record (from 1889)
- The Miltonian (from 1858)
- The Miltonian (from 1816)
- The Morning Bulletin (from 1912)
- The Spy (from 1845)
- Years of publication: 1845 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Spy
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86081186
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13318577
- The Standard (from 1890)
- The State's Advocate (from 1826)
- The Tri-Weekly Standard (from 1898)
- The Weekly Miltonian (from 1854)
- West Branch Farmer And True Democrat (from 1834)
- West Branch Farmer (from 1834)
- Published In West Milton [Union County] ...
- West Milton Guide (from 1892)
- Published In Lewisburg [Union County] ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lewisburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lewisburg
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Williamsport. This extended list includes all the papers from Lewisburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Williamsport
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Williamsport: www.cityofwilliamsport.org/
The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williamsport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2450, Longitude: -77.0043 |