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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Roaring Spring 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Roaring Spring. In addition, the list contains another 56 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Roaring Spring. In total, we've identified 58 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Roaring Spring.

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 Roaring Spring.  

Newspapers Published In Roaring Spring ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Roaring Spring:

  • The Cove News (from 1930)
  • The Weekly News (from 1906)

Newspapers Neighboring Roaring Spring ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Roaring Spring.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roaring Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roaring Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3379, Longitude: -78.3978       In this case, the coordinates for Roaring Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).