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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sandy Ridge 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 Sandy Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sandy Ridge. Our list contains 41 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Sandy Ridge.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sandy Ridge.  

Newspapers Neighboring Sandy Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of Sandy Ridge.

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

  • Published In Fredericksburg [Fredericksburg City] ...
    • We know of 41 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fredericksburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Sandy Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Fredericksburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sandy Ridge

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3062, Longitude: -77.3593       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).