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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Amherst 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Amherst. In addition, the list contains another 101 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Amherst. In total, we've identified 106 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Amherst.

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 Amherst.  

Newspapers Published In Amherst ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Amherst:

Newspapers Neighboring Amherst ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Amherst.

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

  • Published In Lynchburg [Lynchburg City] ...
    • We know of 95 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lynchburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lynchburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Amherst. This extended list includes all the papers from Lynchburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Amherst
  • Published In Lovingston [Nelson County] ...
  • Published In Oronoco  ...
    • Blue Ridge Echo (from 1935)
    • The Backwoodsman (from 193?)
  • Published In Big Island [Bedford County] ...
    • The Wise-Cracker (from 1936)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Amherst) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amherst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5854, Longitude: -79.0520