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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Alexander 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Alexander. In addition, the list contains another 49 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Alexander. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Alexander.

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 West Alexander.  

Newspapers Published In West Alexander ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West Alexander area:

Newspapers Neighboring West Alexander ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Alexander.

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

  • Published In Claysville  ...
  • Published In Elm Grove [Ohio County] ...
    • The Journal (from 1908)
  • Published In Martins Ferry [Belmont County] ...
  • 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 Wheeling [Ohio County] ...
    • We know of 39 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wheeling. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Wheeling
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Alexander. This extended list includes all the papers from Wheeling. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Alexander
  • Published In Wellsburg [Brooke 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Alexander) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Alexander. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1050, Longitude: -80.5087