Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Blue Ridge. Our list contains 17 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Blue Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Blue Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Blue Ridge.

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

Published In Vinton [Roanoke County] ...
- The Vinton Messenger (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Vinton Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000801
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11779194
Published In Fincastle ...
- Fincastle Democrat (from 1834)
  - Years of publication: 1834 to 1858
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fincastle Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025105
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11578574
- Fincastle Mirror (from 1823)
  - Years of publication: 1823 to 1825
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fincastle Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071587
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13711637
- Fincastle Weekly Democrat (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fincastle Weekly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84024666
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10979923
- Herald Of The Valley (from 1820)
  - Years of publication: 1820 to 1823
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Herald Of The Valley
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83026162
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 4633493
- The Botetourt County News And The Fincastle Herald (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Botetourt County News And The Fincastle Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068372
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40169435
- The Botetourt Weekly News (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Botetourt Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068365
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39072011
- The Fincastle Express (from 186?)
  - Published during 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fincastle Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94055794
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30772900
- The Fincastle Herald (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fincastle Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000735
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11048662
- The Fincastle Herald (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1870
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fincastle Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034348
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685228
- The Fincastle Weekly Advertiser (from 1801)
  - Published during 1801
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fincastle Weekly Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83026154
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 4770009
- The Herald Of Virginia, And Fincastle Weekly Advertiser (from 1800)
  - Years of publication: 1800 to 1801
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald Of Virginia, And Fincastle Weekly Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83026155
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10091531
- The Mirror (from 1825)
  - Years of publication: 1825 to 1829
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071588
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13711672
- The Southern Express (from 1862)
  - The first year of publication was in 1862, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southern Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94051799
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32058895
- Valley Sentinel (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Valley Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30930075
- Virginia Herald (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Virginia Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025127
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11581896
- Virginia Patriot (from 1829)
  - Years of publication: 1829 to 1834
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Virginia Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071589
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13711708

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3785, Longitude: -79.8070 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).