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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Vankirk 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 Vankirk. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Vankirk. Our list contains 65 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Vankirk.

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 Vankirk.  

Newspapers Neighboring Vankirk ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Vankirk.

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

  • Published In Bentleyville  ...
    • The Bentworth Times (from 1982)
    • The Courier (from 19??)
    • The Times (from 1987)
      • Years of publication:  1987 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87002520
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16652950
  • Published In Washington  ...
    • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Washington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Washington
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Vankirk. This extended list includes all the papers from Washington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vankirk
  • Published In Claysville  ...
  • Published In Beallsville  ...
  • Published In Canonsburg  ...
  • Published In McMurray  ...
    • The Advertiser (from 1965)
    • The Almanac (from 1968)
  • Published In West Alexander  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vankirk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vankirk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1209, Longitude: -80.2428       In this case, the coordinates for Vankirk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).