Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 9 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Rourkes Gap. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Big Creek Home News (from 1978)
- Published in War (WV) [McDowell County]
- 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
Daily Republican (from 1897)
- Published in Tazewell [Tazewell County]
- 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)
- Published in Tazewell [Tazewell County]
- 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
Richlands News-Press (from 1966)
- Published in Richlands [Tazewell County]
- 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)
- Published in Richlands [Tazewell County]
- 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)
- Published in Richlands [Tazewell County]
- 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
Tazewell Republican (from 1892)
- Published in Tazewell [Tazewell County]
- 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
The Clinch Valley News
- Published in Richlands [Tazewell County]
- 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)
- Published in Richlands [Tazewell County]
- 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

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- 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).