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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ray 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 Ray. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ray. Our list contains 14 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Ray.

Newspapers Neighboring Ray ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Ray.

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

  • Published In Gretna  ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Chatham  ...
  • Published In Hurt  ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Spring Garden  ...
    • Solid Facts (from 1893)
  • Published In Altavista [Campbell County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ray) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ray. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9363, Longitude: -79.3109       In this case, the coordinates for Ray have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).