Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Blacksburg.
Our newspaper information for Blacksburg 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Blacksburg. In addition, the list contains another 10 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Blacksburg. In total, we've identified 29 papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Blacksburg.
Newspapers Published In Blacksburg ...
We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Blacksburg:
- Alice : Blacksburg Free Press (from 1968)
- Blacksburg News (from 1902)
- Collegiate Times (from 1973)
- Home News (from 1916)
- Montgomery Free Press (from 1976)
- Moon (from 1975)
- Years of publication: 1975 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Moon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002061964
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49665401
- Tattle Tale (from 1927)
- Tech Independent (from 1993)
- Techgram (from 1923)
- Years of publication: 1923 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Techgram
- Holdings for: LCCN SN80003233
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 6999123
- The Blacksburg Banner (from 1938)
- The Blacksburg Chronicle (from 194?)
- The Blacksburg Citizen (from 1943)
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- The New River Free Press (from 1983)
- The Plain Dealer (from 1976)
- The Preston Journal (from 1989)
- The Student's Voice (from 1983)
- The University Page & Advertiser (from 1972)
- The Virginia Tech (from 1903)
- Virginia Tech Spectrum (from 1978)
Newspapers Neighboring Blacksburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Blacksburg.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Blacksburg.
- Published In Christiansburg ...
- Montgomery Messenger (from 1869)
- Montgomery News Messenger (from 1931)
- Montgomery News (from 1924)
- New Star (from 1860)
- Years of publication: 1860 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the New Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90069181
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21212121
- Radford News Journal (from 1995)
- The News Messenger (from 1995)
- The News (from 1993)
- The Southwest (from 1867)
- The Star And Herald (from 18??)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1854)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blacksburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blacksburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2293, Longitude: -80.4139 |