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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Harrisburg. Our list contains 18 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Harrisburg.

Newspapers Neighboring Harrisburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Harrisburg.

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

  • Published In Charlotte Court House  ...
  • Published In Drakes Branch  ...
  • Published In Brookneal [Campbell County] ...
    • Union Star (from 1912)
      • Years of publication:  1912 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Union Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94002516
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15802174
    • Union Star (from 1916)
  • Published In Scottsburg [Fluvanna County] ...
    • The Fork News (from 1936)
    • The Fork News (from 1937)
  • Published In Halifax [Halifax County] ...
  • Published In Hampden - Sydney [Prince Edward County] ...
  • Published In Chase City [Mecklenburg County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harrisburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrisburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0265, Longitude: -78.7478       In this case, the coordinates for Harrisburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).