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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Grit 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 Grit. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Grit. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Grit.

Newspapers Neighboring Grit ...

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

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

  • Published In Altavista [Campbell County] ...
  • Published In Hurt  ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Gretna  ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • 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 Rustburg [Campbell County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grit) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0763, Longitude: -79.2478       In this case, the coordinates for Grit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).