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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Leslie 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 Leslie. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Leslie. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Leslie.

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 Leslie.  

Newspapers Neighboring Leslie ...

The following newspapers were published within 4 miles [6.4 km] of Leslie.

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

  • Published In Roanoke [Roanoke City] ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Roanoke. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Roanoke
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Leslie. This extended list includes all the papers from Roanoke. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Leslie
  • Published In Vinton  ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leslie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2210, Longitude: -79.8931       In this case, the coordinates for Leslie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).