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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Myers 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 Myers. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Myers. Our list contains 35 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Myers.

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 Myers.  

Newspapers Neighboring Myers ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Myers.

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

  • Published In Berkeley Springs [Morgan County] ...
  • Published In Gerrardstown  ...
  • Published In Martinsburg  ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Martinsburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Martinsburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Myers. This extended list includes all the papers from Martinsburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Myers
  • Published In Hancock [Washington County] ...
    • The Hancock News (from 1914)
    • The Hancock Star (from 1889)
    • The Star (from 189?)
      • Years of publication:  189? to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89060224
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20535543

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Myers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Myers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5104, Longitude: -78.1539       In this case, the coordinates for Myers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).