Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oil Spring 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 Oil Spring. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oil Spring. Our list contains 46 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Oil Spring.

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 Oil Spring.

Newspapers Neighboring Oil Spring ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Oil Spring.

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

Published In Cairo ...
- The Cairo Enterprise (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cairo Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092288
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201847
- The Cairo Times (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cairo Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092287
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201826
- The Ritchie Democrat (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1889
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ritchie Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092289
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201858
Published In Elizabeth [Wirt County] ...
- The Elizabeth Gazette (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 1869
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092418
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323133
- The Elizabeth Messenger (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092420
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323043
- The Kanawha News (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kanawha News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092421
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323145
- The West Virginia Transcript (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Transcript
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092422
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323151
- The Wirt County Democrat (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 1871
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wirt County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092424
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323188
- The Wirt County Mentor (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wirt County Mentor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038286
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11249472
- Wirt County Journal (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wirt County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092419
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323135
Published In Harrisville ...
- Cairo Standard (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cairo Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092293
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201508
- Ritchie Gazette And The Cairo Standard (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ritchie Gazette And The Cairo Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092294
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201534
- Ritchie Standard (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ritchie Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092292
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201498
- The Gazette (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201288
- The Ritchie Gazette (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ritchie Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038343
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11275833
- The Ritchie Press (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ritchie Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471520
- The West Virginia Star (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026800
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10679076
Published In Saint Marys [Pleasants County] ...
- Pleasants County Leader (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pleasants County Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038300
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12141490
- The Observer (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092229
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181662
- The Observer (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092567
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14090014
- The Oracle (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1885
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oracle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092230
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181675
- The St. Marys Independent (from 1898)
  - Published during 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Marys Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092255
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181690
- The St. Marys Oracle (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Marys Oracle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038299
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12141480
- The St. Marys Oracle (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Marys Oracle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092231
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13181680
Published In Parkersburg [Wood County] ...
- We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Parkersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Parkersburg
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Oil Spring. This extended list includes all the papers from Parkersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oil Spring

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Oil Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oil Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oil Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2223, Longitude: -81.2884 In this case, the coordinates for Oil Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).