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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Norton is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 13 papers that were published in the immediate area of Norton. In addition, the list contains another 16 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Norton. In total, we've identified 29 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Norton.

Newspapers Published In Norton ...

We know of 13 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Norton:

Newspapers Neighboring Norton ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Norton.

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

  • Published In Wise [Wise County] ...
    • Highland Cavalier (from 1954)
    • The Liberal (from 1929)
    • The Vagabond Gazette (from 1928)
    • The Wise Gazette (from 1927)
    • The Wise News (from 1901)
  • Published In Appalachia [Wise County] ...
  • Published In Coeburn [Wise County] ...
  • Published In Big Stone Gap [Wise County] ...
  • Published In Jenkins [Letcher County] ...
  • Published In Whitesburg [Letcher County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Norton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9334, Longitude: -82.6290       In this case, the coordinates for Norton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).