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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Union Point 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 Union Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Union Point. Our list contains 51 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Union Point.

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 Union Point.  

Newspapers Neighboring Union Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Union Point.

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Union Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5492, Longitude: -89.5040       In this case, the coordinates for Union Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).