Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chesapeake.
Our newspaper information for Chesapeake 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Chesapeake. In addition, the list contains another 40 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Chesapeake. In total, we've identified 41 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Chesapeake.
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 Chesapeake.
Newspapers Published In Chesapeake ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Chesapeake area:
- The Chesapeake Post (from 1962)
- Years of publication: 1962 to 2001
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Chesapeake Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99066964
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20461733
Newspapers Neighboring Chesapeake ...
The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Chesapeake.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Chesapeake.
- Published In Portsmouth [Portsmouth City] ...
- We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Portsmouth. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Portsmouth
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Chesapeake. This extended list includes all the papers from Portsmouth. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Chesapeake
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Chesapeake: www.chesapeake.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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- Chesapeake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chesapeake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6876, Longitude: -76.3122 In this case, the coordinates for Chesapeake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |