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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Gate City 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Gate City. In addition, the list contains another 186 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Gate City. In total, we've identified 187 papers within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Gate City.

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 Gate City.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Gate City ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Gate City area:

  • The Humming Bird (from 1892)

Newspapers Neighboring Gate City ...

The following newspapers were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Gate City.

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

  • Published In Avondale  ...
    • The Avondale Budget (from 1892)
    • The Silent Eye (from 1901)
  • Published In Inglenook  ...
    • Inglenook Home (from 1913)
  • Published In Birmingham  ...
    • We know of 186 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Birmingham. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Birmingham
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Gate City. This extended list includes all the papers from Birmingham. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Gate City.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gate City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gate City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5479, Longitude: -86.7267       In this case, the coordinates for Gate City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).