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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hobson 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 Hobson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hobson. Our list contains 3 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Hobson.

Newspapers Neighboring Hobson ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Hobson.

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

  • Published In Smithfield [Isle of Wight County] ...
    • The Smithfield Times (from 1920)
    • The Smithfield Times (from 1998)
    • The Times (from 1985)

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- Hobson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hobson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8949, Longitude: -76.5119       In this case, the coordinates for Hobson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).