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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Walnut Point 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 Walnut Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Walnut Point. Our list contains 8 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Walnut Point.

Newspapers Neighboring Walnut Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Walnut Point.

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

  • Published In Heathsville  ...
  • Published In Hague [Westmoreland County] ...
    • Potomac Progress (from 1902)
  • Published In Wicomico Church  ...
  • Published In Saint Marys City [Saint Mary's County] ...
    • Empath (from 1973)
      • Years of publication:  1973 to 1984
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Empath
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90057305
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 7890431
    • Signal News (from 1939)
    • The Point News (from 1959)
    • The Point News (from 1985)

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 from Point A (ie- Walnut Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9849, Longitude: -76.4636       In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).