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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Briggs 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 Briggs. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Briggs. Our list contains 49 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Briggs.

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 Briggs.  

Newspapers Neighboring Briggs ...

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

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

  • Published In Berryville  ...
  • Published In Winchester [Winchester City] ...
    • We know of 48 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Winchester. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Winchester
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Briggs. This extended list includes all the papers from Winchester. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Briggs
  • Published In Stephens City [Frederick County] ...
    • Stephens City Star (from 1881)

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- Briggs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Briggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1079, Longitude: -78.0139       In this case, the coordinates for Briggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).