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 10 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Oak Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Oak Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 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 Suffolk [Suffolk City] ...
- Nansemond Enquirer (from 1852)
  - Years of publication: 1852 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Nansemond Enquirer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071904
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14202567
- Suffolk Daily Progress (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Suffolk Daily Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079223
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32868451
- Suffolk Evening Herald (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Suffolk Evening Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079273
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33155598
- Suffolk Intelligencer (from 1849)
  - Years of publication: 1849 to 1860
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Suffolk Intelligencer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059461
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31682735
- Suffolk News-Herald (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Suffolk News-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85009663
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11964820
- The Suffolk Herald (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Suffolk Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079266
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33155632
- The Suffolk Herald (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Suffolk Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026940
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12777507
- The Suffolk News (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Suffolk News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96096621
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 35305996
- The Suffolk Tri-Weekly Herald (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Suffolk Tri-Weekly Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079271
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33180310
- The Weekly Observer (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079164
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32603009

Footnotes ...

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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- 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: 36.7232, Longitude: -76.6422 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).