Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Poetown. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Sandy Valley News (from 1902)
- Published in Grundy [Buchanan County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1928
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sandy Valley News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079125
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32293262
The Dickenson Star (from 1982)
- Published in Clinchco [Dickenson County]
- Years of publication: 1982 to 1992
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Dickenson Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83009955
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10133529
The Star (from 194?)
- Published in Grundy [Buchanan County]
- Years of publication: 194? to 1948
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060594
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 124095246
The Virginia Mountaineer (from 1922)
- Published in Grundy [Buchanan County]
- Years of publication: 1922 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Virginia Mountaineer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079224
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32864278
Virginia Mountaineer (from 1948)
- Published in Grundy [Buchanan County]
- Years of publication: 1948 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Virginia Mountaineer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060508
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 124095445

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 from Point A (ie- Poetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2829, Longitude: -82.1085 In this case, the coordinates for Poetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).