Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rourkes Gap 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 Rourkes Gap. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rourkes Gap. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Rourkes Gap.

Newspapers Neighboring Rourkes Gap ...

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

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

Published In Tazewell ...
- Daily Republican (from 1897)
  - Published during 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066746
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40991182
- Mountain Index (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1888
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079090
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32265278
- Tazewell Republican (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Tazewell Republican
  - Holdings: LCCN SN95079154
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32574652
  - ISSN Number: 2157-7994
Published In Richlands ...
- Richlands News-Press (from 1966)
  - Years of publication: 1966 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Richlands News-Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064818
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45903815
- Richlands Press (from 1945)
  - Years of publication: 1945 to 1966
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Richlands Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064466
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45112993
- Tazewell County Free Press (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tazewell County Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97066016
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37046244
- The Clinch Valley News
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clinch Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84006511
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11000710
- The News Progress (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 1966
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064457
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44951754
Published In War [McDowell County] ...
- Big Creek Home News (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Big Creek Home News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13048156

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rourkes Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rourkes Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1279, Longitude: -81.6232 In this case, the coordinates for Rourkes Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).