Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Newtown 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 Newtown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Newtown. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Newtown.

Newspapers Neighboring Newtown ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Newtown.

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

Published In Tappahannock [Essex County] ...
- Essex Gazette (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to 1871
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Essex Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079064
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32158280
- The Rappahannock Times (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rappahannock Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32374515
- The Rural Southerner, And Eastern Virginia Advertiser (from 1848)
  - Years of publication: 1848 to 1860
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rural Southerner, And Eastern Virginia Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027023
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12904074
- Tidewater Democrat (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tidewater Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32356835
- Tidewater Index (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tidewater Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026950
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12802929
Published In Bowling Green [Caroline County] ...
- Caroline Promoter (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Caroline Promoter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96096512
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34186144
- Caroline Sentinel (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1895
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Caroline Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079095
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32265143
- The Caroline Echo (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caroline Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97066551
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37965476
- The Caroline Progress (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caroline Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060151
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31452591
Published In Hanover [Hanover County] ...
- The Bomb (from 193?)
  - Published during 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bomb
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066995
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42899928
- The White Chimney Eagle (from 1939)
  - Published during 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The White Chimney Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066974
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42899933

Footnotes ...

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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- Newtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9135, Longitude: -77.1289 In this case, the coordinates for Newtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).