Paul G. Nauta's blog "
The Future of Technology and Genealogy" for
FamilySearch Blog last week mentions a very cool map from Stanford University's Rural West Initiative Bill Lane Center for the American West, based on Library of Congress (LOC)
Chronicling America newspaper project data***.
The site is
Data Visualization: Journalism's Voyage West
The interface begins with the disclaimer that it is inevitable that some newspapers were omitted and some duplicated in count. However, I think this site is a great way to visualize the populating of the United States. It could be very useful discovering what newspapers may have existed for certain areas in certain times.
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The red arrow shows Boston as the lone location for recorded newspapers in the 1690's. |
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On the eve of the American Civil War. Notice how many more were published in the North compared to the South. |
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The modern newspaper landscape. |
*** The data comes from the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" project, which maintains a regularly updated directory of newspapers.
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