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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Vilas 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 Vilas. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Vilas. Our list contains 17 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Vilas.

Newspapers Neighboring Vilas ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Vilas.

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

  • Published In Boone  ...
  • Published In Banner Elk [Avery County] ...
  • Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
    • Sundown Times (from 1978)
    • The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)
  • Published In Newland [Avery County] ...
    • Avery County News (from 1951)
    • Avery Journal (from 1959)
    • Avery Scenic Press (from 194?)
    • The Avery Herald (from 193?)
    • The Avery Post (from 1954)
  • Published In Mountain City [Johnson County] ...

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- Vilas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vilas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2457, Longitude: -81.7676       In this case, the coordinates for Vilas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).