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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Drowning Ford 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 Drowning Ford. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Drowning Ford. Our list contains 42 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Drowning Ford.

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 Drowning Ford.  

Newspapers Neighboring Drowning Ford ...

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

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

  • Published In Damascus  ...
  • Published In Abingdon  ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Abingdon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Abingdon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Drowning Ford. This extended list includes all the papers from Abingdon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Drowning Ford
  • Published In Emory  ...
    • The Emory Banner (from 1872)
  • Published In Glade Spring  ...
  • Published In Mountain City [Johnson County] ...
  • Published In Henderson  ...
    • Westminster (from 19??)
  • Published In Saltville [Smyth County] ...

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- Drowning Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Drowning Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6510, Longitude: -81.8411       In this case, the coordinates for Drowning Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).