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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elkton 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Elkton. In addition, the list contains another 56 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Elkton. In total, we've identified 59 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Elkton.

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 Elkton.  

Newspapers Published In Elkton ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Elkton:

  • Nira News (from 1935)
    • Years of publication:  1935 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Nira News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066710
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 42938960
  • The Elkton News (from 1893)
  • The Valley Banner (from 19??)

Newspapers Neighboring Elkton ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Elkton.

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

  • Published In Stanardsville [Greene County] ...
  • Published In Harrisonburg [Harrisonburg City] ...
    • We know of 42 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Harrisonburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Harrisonburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Elkton. This extended list includes all the papers from Harrisonburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Elkton
  • Published In Stanley [Page County] ...
    • Stanley Herald (from 1891)
  • Published In Grottoes [Augusta County] ...
    • The Whippoorwill (from 1935)
  • Published In New Market [Shenandoah County] ...
    • Our Church Paper (from 1873)
    • Our Church Paper (from 1873)
    • Our Sunday School (from 1876)
    • Shenandoah Press (from 1883)
    • Shenandoah Valley (from 186?)
    • Spirit Of Democracy (from 1854)
    • Sunday School (from 1873)
  • Published In Broadway  ...
  • Published In Dale Enterprise  ...
  • Published In Dayton  ...
  • Published In Mount Crawford  ...
    • Our Assistant (from 1898)
  • Published In Skyland [Page County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elkton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elkton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4095, Longitude: -78.6188