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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jack 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 Jack. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Jack. Our list contains 119 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Jack.

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 Jack.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Jack ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Jack.

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

  • Published In Petersburg [Petersburg City] ...
    • We know of 111 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Petersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Petersburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Jack. This extended list includes all the papers from Petersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Jack.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Dinwiddie  ...
    • The Echo (from 193?)
  • Published In Chester [Chesterfield County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jack) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1965, Longitude: -77.5092       In this case, the coordinates for Jack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).