Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 17 newspapers that have been published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Freeport. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Garrett County Gazette (from 1872)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 1872 to 187?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Garrett County Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85025396
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11718950
Garrett County Herald (from 1873)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1880
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Garrett County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85025406
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11729945
La Sentinella Del West Virginia (from 1905)
- Published in Thomas [Tucker County]
- Years of publication: 1905 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: La Sentinella Del West Virginia
- Holdings: LCCN SN86092310
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13261125
Mountain Democrat News (from 1949)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 1949 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain Democrat News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90057020
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20940102
Mountain Democrat (from 188?)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 188? to 1949
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060174
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20458410
Preston County Herald (from 1870)
- Published in Kingwood [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1870 to 1877
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Preston County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026841
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10694390
Preston County Journal (from 1866)
- Published in Kingwood [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1866 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Preston County Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026842
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10694380
Preston Republican (from 1899)
- Published in Terra Alta [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1899 to 1948
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Preston Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092250
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181909
Terra Alta Oracle (from 1891)
- Published in Terra Alta [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1891 to 1901
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Terra Alta Oracle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092252
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181903
The Democrat (from 1878)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 1878 to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060175
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20458406
The Garrett Journal (from 18??)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Garrett Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89060176
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20459188
The New Era (from 1888)
- Published in Kingwood [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1888 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092244
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181832
The Preston County News (from 1956)
- Published in Terra Alta [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1956 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Preston County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092249
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181898
The Preston Leader (from 1903)
- Published in Kingwood [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1903 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Preston Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092246
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181886
The Preston News (from 1909)
- Published in Terra Alta [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1917
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Preston News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092251
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181901
The Republican (from 1877)
- Published in Oakland (MD) [Garrett County]
- Years of publication: 1877 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88065202
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 6286315
The Terra Alta Times (from 1887)
- Published in Terra Alta [Preston County]
- Years of publication: 1887 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Terra Alta Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092253
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181912

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Freeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3948, Longitude: -79.5078 In this case, the coordinates for Freeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).