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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Formosa 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 Formosa. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Formosa. Our list contains 37 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Formosa.

Newspapers Neighboring Formosa ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Formosa.

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

  • Published In Drakes Branch  ...
  • Published In Scottsburg [Fluvanna County] ...
    • The Fork News (from 1936)
    • The Fork News (from 1937)
  • Published In Charlotte Court House  ...
  • Published In Chase City [Mecklenburg County] ...
  • Published In Halifax [Halifax County] ...
  • Published In Clarksville [Mecklenburg County] ...
  • Published In South Boston [Halifax County] ...
    • Halifax Gazette (from 1903)
    • News & Record (from 1974)
    • The Gazette-Virginian (from 1963)
    • The News (from 1890)
      • Years of publication:  1890 to 1929
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96094026
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34630914
    • The South Boston News (from 1929)
  • Published In Brookneal [Campbell County] ...
    • Union Star (from 1912)
      • Years of publication:  1912 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Union Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94002516
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15802174
    • Union Star (from 1916)
  • Published In Boydton [Mecklenburg County] ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Formosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Formosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8813, Longitude: -78.6556       In this case, the coordinates for Formosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).