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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Ridge 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 West Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding West Ridge. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of West Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring West Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of West Ridge.

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

  • Published In Bristol  ...
  • Published In Blountville  ...
    • Sullivan County News (from 1944)
    • The Central Star (from 1879)
      • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Central Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98069503
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39395344
  • Published In Bluff City  ...

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 from Point A (ie- West Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5895, Longitude: -82.2171       In this case, the coordinates for West Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).