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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakmont 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 Oakmont. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oakmont. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Oakmont.

Newspapers Neighboring Oakmont ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Oakmont.

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

  • Published In Elk Garden  ...
  • Published In Oakland [Garrett County] ...
  • Published In Keyser  ...
  • Published In Lonaconing [Allegany County] ...
    • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Valley Times (from 1878)
  • Published In Maysville [Grant County] ...
  • Published In Terra Alta [Preston County] ...

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- Oakmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3668, Longitude: -79.1884       In this case, the coordinates for Oakmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).