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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Blacksmith Corner 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 Blacksmith Corner. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Blacksmith Corner. Our list contains 77 papers that were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Blacksmith Corner.

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 Blacksmith Corner.  

Newspapers Neighboring Blacksmith Corner ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km] of Blacksmith Corner.

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

  • Published In Yorktown  ...
  • Published In Gloucester Point [Gloucester County] ...
  • Published In Williamsburg [Williamsburg City] ...
    • We know of 57 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Williamsburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Williamsburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Blacksmith Corner. This extended list includes all the papers from Williamsburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Blacksmith Corner
  • Published In Newport News [Newport News City] ...
    • Chesapeake Bay Defender (from 1941)
    • Chris's Crier (from 1961)
    • Daily Press (from 19??)
    • Daily Press (from 19??)
    • Daily Press (from 1988)
    • Daily Press (from 1896)
      • Years of publication:  1896 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Daily Press
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN83045830
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 7529015
      • ISSN Number:   2163-7156
    • Evening Telegram (from 1897)
    • Newport News Star (from 192?)
    • Peninsula News (from 1941)
    • The Captain's Log (from 1963)
    • The Evening Times-Herald (from 1902)
    • The Evening Times (from 1900)
    • The Morning Herald (from 1900)
    • The Newport News (from 19??)
    • The Shipbuilder (from 1942)
    • The Star (from 1901)
      • Years of publication:  1901 to 192?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079078
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32253086
    • The Times-Herald (from 1905)
    • The Times-Herald (from 1901)
    • The Virginian (from 1955)
    • The Wedge (from 188?)
      • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Wedge
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96095041
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34977703

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blacksmith Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blacksmith Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2307, Longitude: -76.5675       In this case, the coordinates for Blacksmith Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).