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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morgantown 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morgantown. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morgantown. In total, we've identified 43 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Morgantown.

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 Morgantown.  

Newspapers Published In Morgantown ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Morgantown:

Newspapers Neighboring Morgantown ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Morgantown.

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

  • Published In Beaver Dam [Ohio County] ...
    • Messenger (from 1973)
      • Years of publication:  1973 to 1990
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Messenger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86069318
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13918383
    • Ohio County Messenger (from 1990)
    • Ohio County Messenger (from 1930)
    • The Leader (from 1981)
  • Published In Caneyville [Grayson County] ...
  • Published In Hartford [Ohio County] ...
    • Hartford Daily Herald (from 188?)
    • The Hartford Herald (from 1875)
    • The Hartford Journal (from 1872)
    • The Hartford Republican (from 18??)
    • The Ohio County News (from 1926)
    • The Ohio County Times (from 1965)
    • Times-News (from 1980)
      • Years of publication:  1980 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Times-News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86069316
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13917626
  • Published In Bowling Green [Warren County] ...
    • We know of 39 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bowling Green. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bowling Green
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Morgantown. This extended list includes all the papers from Bowling Green. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Morgantown

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morgantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2279, Longitude: -86.6877