Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Charleston 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 Charleston. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Charleston. Our list contains 47 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Charleston.

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 Charleston.

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Charleston ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Charleston.

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

Published In Kingston ...
- The Kingston Blade (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kingston Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075069
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640124
- The Kingston Review (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kingston Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90068356
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21769111
Published In Laurelville [Hocking County] ...
- The Border News (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Border News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075050
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16637942
Published In Chillicothe ...
- We know of 76 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chillicothe. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chillicothe
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Charleston. This extended list includes all the papers from Chillicothe. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charleston.
  
  Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
Published In Gibisonville [Hocking County] ...
- Gibsonburg Derrick (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gibsonburg Derrick
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87076771
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16898704
Published In Stoutsville [Fairfield County] ...
- Fairfield=Pickaway News (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fairfield=Pickaway News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074652
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24918374
Published In Circleville [Pickaway County] ...
- We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Circleville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Circleville
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Charleston. This extended list includes all the papers from Circleville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charleston.
  
  Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
Published In Waverly [Pike County] ...
- Pike County Republican (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026319
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12156307
- Pike County Republican (from 186?)
  - Years of publication: 186? to 1865
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075079
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640632
- The Courier-Watchman (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier-Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075088
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640214
- The News-Watchman (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to 1991
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News-Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075074
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640149
- The Pike County News Watchman (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pike County News Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065812
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30761960
- The Republican Herald (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Republican Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640177
- The Waverly Democrat (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075076
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640578
- The Waverly Democrat (from 1832)
  - Years of publication: 1832 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640167
- The Waverly News And Republican-Herald (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly News And Republican-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640140
- The Waverly News (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640215
- The Waverly Watchman (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026321
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12156513
- The Waverly Watchman (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waverly Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075075
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640157
- Waverly Courier (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Waverly Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87075077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16640162
- Waverly Democrat (from 1862)
  - Years of publication: 1862 to 1867
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Waverly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89076159
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19866668

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Ross County: www.co.ross.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3695, Longitude: -82.8193 In this case, the coordinates for Charleston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).