Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Potomac 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 Potomac. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Potomac. Our list contains 41 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Potomac.

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 Potomac.

Newspapers Neighboring Potomac ...

The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 km] of Potomac.

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

Published In Falmouth ...
- The Stafford News (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Stafford News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068374
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41315809
- The Stafford Ranger (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Stafford Ranger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060200
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31799922
Published In Fredericksburg [Fredericksburg City] ...
- We know of 41 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fredericksburg
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Potomac. This extended list includes all the papers from Fredericksburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Potomac

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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- Potomac) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potomac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3409, Longitude: -77.4131 In this case, the coordinates for Potomac have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).