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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Chatham 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Chatham. In addition, the list contains another 54 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Chatham. In total, we've identified 63 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Chatham.

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 Chatham.  

Newspapers Published In Chatham ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Chatham:

Newspapers Neighboring Chatham ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Chatham.

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

  • Published In Spring Garden  ...
    • Solid Facts (from 1893)
  • Published In Gretna  ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Danville [Danville City] ...
    • We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Danville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Danville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Chatham. This extended list includes all the papers from Danville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Chatham

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- Chatham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chatham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8185, Longitude: -79.3966       In this case, the coordinates for Chatham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).