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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Appomattox 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Appomattox. In addition, the list contains another 101 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Appomattox. In total, we've identified 104 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Appomattox.

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 Appomattox.  

Newspapers Published In Appomattox ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Appomattox:

  • The Lee-Grant (from 1935)
  • The Review (from 1903)
  • The Times-Virginian (from 1909)

Newspapers Neighboring Appomattox ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Appomattox.

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

  • Published In Rustburg [Campbell County] ...
  • 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Appomattox. 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 Appomattox
  • Published In Buckingham [Buckingham County] ...
    • The Informant (from 1987)
  • Published In Amherst [Amherst County] ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Appomattox) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Appomattox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3571, Longitude: -78.8253