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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Dan River 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 Dan River. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Dan River. Our list contains 65 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Dan River.

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 Dan River.  

Newspapers Neighboring Dan River ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Dan River.

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

  • 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Dan River. 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 Dan River
  • Published In Yanceyville [Caswell County] ...
  • Published In Sandy Level [Henry County] ...
    • Virginia Creeper (from 193?)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dan River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dan River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5424, Longitude: -79.4920       In this case, the coordinates for Dan River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).