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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Charles Town 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Charles Town. In addition, the list contains another 32 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Charles Town. In total, we've identified 39 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Charles Town.

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 Charles Town.  

Newspapers Published In Charles Town ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Charles Town:

Newspapers Neighboring Charles Town ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Charles Town.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Charles Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charles Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2891, Longitude: -77.8599