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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Newton 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 Newton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Newton. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Newton.

Newspapers Neighboring Newton ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Newton.

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

  • Published In Gretna  ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Hurt  ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Altavista [Campbell County] ...
  • Published In Chatham  ...
  • Published In Moneta [Bedford County] ...
  • Published In Spring Garden  ...
    • Solid Facts (from 1893)

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- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9993, Longitude: -79.4573       In this case, the coordinates for Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).