Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bluefield is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bluefield. In addition, the list contains another 17 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bluefield. In total, we've identified 24 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Bluefield.

Newspapers Published In Bluefield ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Bluefield:

Bluefield Daily Telegraph (from 1893)
- Years of publication: 1893 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8232043
Bluefield Evening Leader (from 1906)
- Years of publication: 1906 to 1911
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Evening Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092066
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041608
Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader (from 1926)
- Years of publication: 1926 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092068
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041646
Mountain Mirror (from 1951)
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain Mirror
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041621
Sunset News-Observer (from 1957)
- Years of publication: 1957 to 1972
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sunset News-Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092069
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041651
The Sunday Telegraph (from 1897)
- Published during 1897
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sunday Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092560
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13717780
Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder (from 1932)
- Years of publication: 1932 to 194?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092071
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041684

Newspapers Neighboring Bluefield ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Bluefield.

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

Published In Bastian [Bland County] ...
- Cherokee Scalp (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cherokee Scalp
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066985
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42968451
- Round Mountain News (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Round Mountain News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060181
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16734650
Published In Princeton ...
- Princeton Daily Times (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Princeton Daily Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092063
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041584
- Princeton Gazette (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Princeton Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041296
- Princeton Observer (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Princeton Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092058
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041534
- Princeton Progress (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Princeton Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092060
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041548
- The Evening Press (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092057
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041526
- The Mercer Progress (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092061
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041555
- The Mercer Republican (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041294
- The Princeton Journal (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041300
- The Princeton Journal (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041313
- The Princeton News (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092059
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041541
- The Princeton Press (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041478
- The Princeton Times (from 1961)
  - Years of publication: 1961 to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092062
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041565
- The Princeton Times (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Princeton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092064
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041590
Published In Matoaka ...
- The Mercer Recorder (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 1934
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercer Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092070
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041673
Published In Bland [Bland County] ...
- Bland Messenger (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bland Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079155
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32522604

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Bluefield: www.ci.bluefield.wv.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bluefield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2671, Longitude: -81.2219