Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sparta.
Our newspaper information for Sparta 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sparta. In addition, the list contains another 19 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sparta. In total, we've identified 26 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Sparta.
Newspapers Published In Sparta ...
We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sparta:
- Alleghany Star-Times (from 1940)
- The Alleghany News And Star-Times (from 1941)
- The Alleghany News (from 1940)
- The Alleghany News (from 1984)
- The Alleghany Star (from 1889)
- The Alleghany Times (from 192?)
- The Blue Ridge Sun (from 1979)
Newspapers Neighboring Sparta ...
The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Sparta.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sparta.
- Published In Independence [Grayson County] ...
- Grayson Ensign (from 1873)
- Grayson Gazette (from 1885)
- Grayson Journal (from 1886)
- The Declaration (from 1980)
- The Grayson Clipper (from 1874)
- The Grayson Star (from 1959)
- The Grayson Sun (from 1921)
- The Mountain News (from 1860)
- Published In Galax [Galax City] ...
- Galax Gazette (from 1937)
- Galax Post Herald (from 1908)
- Grayson-Carroll Gazette (from 1924)
- The Gazette (from 1994)
- Published In Fries [Grayson County] ...
- The Grayson News (from 19??)
- Published In Jefferson [Ashe County] ...
- Mountain Messenger (from 1871)
- The Ashe Recorder (from 191?)
- The Ashe Reporter (from 189?)
- The Jefferson Recorder (from 1902)
- The Northwestern Herald (from 1924)
- The Western Herald (from 1899)
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- Sparta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5035, Longitude: -81.1218 In this case, the coordinates for Sparta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |