- Allegany Magazine (Cumberland)
- Bedford Gazette (Bedford, PA)
- Cumberland Times-News (Cumberland)
- Daily American (Somerset, PA)
- Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune (Keyser, WV)
- Morgan Messenger (Berkeley Springs, WV)
Historic
- 1808-1809: Cumberland Impartialist
- 1809-1809: American Eagle
- 1813-1818: Allegany Freeman
- 1814-181?: Alleghany Federalist
- 1814-1814: Cumberland Gazette
- 1820-1867: Alleganian
- 1823-1832: Advocate, and Farmers' & Mechanics' Register
- 1823-1835: Maryland Advocate
- 1828-1882: Civilian
- 1829-1851: Cumberland Civilian
- 1832-1838: Advocate
- 1833-1840: Phoenix Civilian
- 1843-1902: Cumberland Alleganian
- 1851-185?: Unionist
- 1851-1856: Cumberland Miners' Journal Cumberland
- 1852-1859: Cumberland Telegraph
- 1859-1875: Civilian & Telegraph
- 1861-1861: Democratic Alleganian
- 1862-1867: Allegany County Gazette
- 1862-1868: Cumberland Union
- 1869-186?: Mountain City Times
- 1872-1891: Cumberland Daily Times
- 1876-1877: Cumberland Alleganian and Daily Times
- 1877-1878: Daily Alleganian and Times
- 1877-1879: Alleganian and Times
- 1878-1881: Cumberland Times
- 1879-187?: Independent
- 1881-1884: Daily Times
- 1882-1890: Sunday Civilian
- 1890-189?: Daily News
- 1890-189?: Weekly Civilian
- 1891-189?: Cumberland Freie Presse
- 1894-1895: Sunday Scimitar
- 1912-191?: Cumberland Press
- 1892-1916: Evening Times
- 1935-193?: Cumberland Guide
- 1871-1938: Cumberland Daily News
- 1937-1938: Voice
- 1938-1942: Voice of Labor
- 1942-194?: CIO News: Western Maryland edition
- 1961-1961: Allegany Garrett Citizen
- 1961-1983: Citizen
- 1938-1988: Cumberland News
- 1916-1988: Cumberland Evening Times
- 1988-present: Cumberland Times-News
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References
- Albert L. Feldstein, Feldstein's Historic Banner Front Pages of the Cumberland Daily News, Cumberland News and Cumberland Evening News vol I: 20th Century (Cumberland: Albert L. Feldstein, 1986).
- Albert L. Feldstein, Feldstein's Historic Newspapers of Allegany County vol. II: 19th and 20th Centuries (Cumberland: Albert L. Feldstein, 1987)