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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Melrose 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 Melrose. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Melrose. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Melrose.

Newspapers Neighboring Melrose ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Melrose.

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

  • Published In Brookneal  ...
    • 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 Altavista  ...
  • Published In Hurt [Pittsylvania County] ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Rustburg  ...
  • Published In Gretna [Pittsylvania County] ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Halifax [Halifax 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Melrose) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0596, Longitude: -79.0415       In this case, the coordinates for Melrose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).