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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hugo 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 Hugo. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hugo. Our list contains 42 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Hugo.

Newspapers Neighboring Hugo ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Hugo.

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

  • Published In Boykins  ...
    • The Times (from 1916)
  • Published In Jackson [Northampton County] ...
  • Published In Lasker [Northampton County] ...
    • The Gleaner (from 1892)
  • Published In Murfreesboro [Hertford County] ...
  • Published In Potecasi [Northampton County] ...
  • Published In Emporia [Emporia City] ...
  • Published In Rich Square [Northampton County] ...
  • Published In Weldon [Halifax County] ...
  • Published In Roanoke Rapids [Halifax County] ...
  • Published In Halifax [Halifax County] ...
  • Published In Franklin [Franklin City] ...
    • Blackwater Courier (from 1891)
    • Franklin Gazette (from 1880)
    • Southhampton Democrat (from 188?)
    • The Graphic (from 1900)
    • The Tidewater News (from 1905)

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 from Point A (ie- Hugo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hugo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5493, Longitude: -77.2952       In this case, the coordinates for Hugo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).