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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mears Station 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 Mears Station. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mears Station. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Mears Station.

Newspapers Neighboring Mears Station ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Mears Station.

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

  • Published In Parksley  ...
  • Published In Accomac  ...
    • Peninsula Enterprise (from 1881)
  • Published In Tasley  ...
    • Eastern Shore Post (from 1999)
  • Published In Onancock  ...
  • Published In Pocomoke City [Worcester County] ...
  • Published In Chincoteague  ...
  • Published In Crisfield [Somerset County] ...
  • Published In Wachapreague  ...

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 from Point A (ie- Mears Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mears Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8562, Longitude: -75.6055       In this case, the coordinates for Mears Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).