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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Poplar Flats 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 Poplar Flats. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Poplar Flats. Our list contains 14 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Poplar Flats.

Newspapers Neighboring Poplar Flats ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Poplar Flats.

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

  • Published In Lovingston  ...
  • Published In Amherst [Amherst County] ...
  • Published In Oronoco [Amherst County] ...
    • Blue Ridge Echo (from 1935)
    • The Backwoodsman (from 193?)
  • Published In Vesuvius [Rockbridge County] ...
    • The Volcano (from 193?)
  • Published In Lyndhurst [Augusta County] ...
  • Published In Greenville [Augusta County] ...
    • Greenville Banner (from 1882)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poplar Flats) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poplar Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7474, Longitude: -78.9253       In this case, the coordinates for Poplar Flats have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).