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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Selma 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 Selma. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Selma. Our list contains 103 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Selma.

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 Selma.  

Newspapers Neighboring Selma ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Selma.

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

  • Published In Staunton [Staunton City] ...
    • We know of 72 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Staunton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Staunton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Selma. This extended list includes all the papers from Staunton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Selma
  • Published In Greenville [Augusta County] ...
    • Greenville Banner (from 1882)
  • Published In Lyndhurst [Augusta County] ...
  • Published In Waynesboro [Waynesboro City] ...
  • Published In Mount Solon [Augusta County] ...
  • Published In Grottoes [Augusta County] ...
    • The Whippoorwill (from 1935)
  • Published In Mount Crawford [Rockingham County] ...
    • Our Assistant (from 1898)
  • Published In Bridgewater [Rockingham County] ...
  • Published In Dayton [Rockingham County] ...
  • Published In Vesuvius [Rockbridge County] ...
    • The Volcano (from 193?)

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Selma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1624, Longitude: -79.0750       In this case, the coordinates for Selma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).