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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Browntown 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 Browntown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Browntown. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Browntown.

Newspapers Neighboring Browntown ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Browntown.

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

  • Published In Altavista  ...
  • Published In Hurt [Pittsylvania County] ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Gretna [Pittsylvania County] ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Moneta [Bedford County] ...
  • Published In Bedford [Bedford City] ...

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- Browntown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Browntown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1074, Longitude: -79.4067       In this case, the coordinates for Browntown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).