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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Windber 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Windber. In addition, the list contains another 49 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Windber. In total, we've identified 51 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Windber.

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 Windber.  

Newspapers Published In Windber ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Windber:

Newspapers Neighboring Windber ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Windber.

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

  • Published In Dunlo [Cambria County] ...
    • The Dunlo News (from 1912)
  • Published In Johnstown [Cambria County] ...
    • 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Windber. 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 Windber
  • Published In Lilly [Cambria County] ...
    • The Lilly Signal (from 1896)
  • Published In South Fork [Cambria County] ...
    • South Fork Courier (from 1887)
    • South Fork Record (from 1894)
  • Published In Portage [Cambria County] ...
  • Published In New Paris [Bedford County] ...
    • The Weekly Star (from 1882)

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- Windber) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Windber. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2361, Longitude: -78.8299