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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)
    • Mountain Index (from 1886)
    • Tazewell Republican (from 1892)
  • Published In Richlands  ...
  • Published In War [McDowell County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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).