Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ridgeville 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 Ridgeville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ridgeville. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Ridgeville.

Newspapers Neighboring Ridgeville ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of Ridgeville.

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

Published In Mount Airy ...
- Community Reporter (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Community Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065723
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18712307
- Mount Airy Press (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mount Airy Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057130
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21549602
- The Mount Airy Messenger (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mount Airy Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89060409
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20766184
Published In Damascus [Montgomery County] ...
- The Damascus Courier-Gazette (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Damascus Courier-Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065764
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19401712
- The Damascus Courier (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to 1966
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Damascus Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065755
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19380271
- Weekly Courier (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88065760
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19401328

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3655, Longitude: -77.1657 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).