Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oak Ridge. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Oak Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Oak Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Oak Ridge.

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

Published In Lovingston ...
- Nelson County Times (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Nelson County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059398
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15097040
- The Nelson County Examiner (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Nelson County Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025522
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11774783
- The Nelson Enterprise (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Nelson Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059396
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30997541
Published In Amherst [Amherst County] ...
- Buffalo Prints (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Buffalo Prints
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066958
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43368983
- The Amherst Enterprise (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Amherst Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85025194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11601564
- The Amherst Progess (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Amherst Progess
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079147
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32501818
- The Ridge Journal (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ridge Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066906
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43689454
- The Virginia Republican (from 1933)
  - Published during 1933
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Virginia Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32253154
Published In Buckingham [Buckingham County] ...
- The Informant (from 1987)
  - Years of publication: 1987 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Informant
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96009500
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34457929
Published In Oronoco [Amherst County] ...
- Blue Ridge Echo (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blue Ridge Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066983
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42453931
- The Backwoodsman (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Backwoodsman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066924
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42414213

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7090, Longitude: -78.8767 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).