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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Roxbury is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Roxbury. In addition, the list contains another 14 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Roxbury. In total, we've identified 16 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Roxbury.

Newspapers Published In Roxbury ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Roxbury:

  • Camp Chickahominy Clarion (from 1939)
  • Camp Life (from 1940)
    • Years of publication:  1940 to 1941
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Camp Life
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066771
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 42413988

Newspapers Neighboring Roxbury ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Roxbury.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Roxbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4625, Longitude: -77.1423       In this case, the coordinates for Roxbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).