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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Avis 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 Avis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Avis. Our list contains 87 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Avis.

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 Avis.  

Newspapers Neighboring Avis ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Avis.

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

  • Published In Greenville  ...
    • Greenville Banner (from 1882)
  • Published In Staunton [Staunton City] ...
    • We know of 72 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Staunton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Staunton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Avis. This extended list includes all the papers from Staunton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Avis
  • Published In Lyndhurst  ...
  • Published In Vesuvius [Rockbridge County] ...
    • The Volcano (from 193?)
  • Published In Waynesboro [Waynesboro City] ...

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- Avis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0435, Longitude: -79.0939       In this case, the coordinates for Avis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).