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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sexton 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 Sexton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sexton. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Sexton.

Newspapers Neighboring Sexton ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Sexton.

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

  • Published In Surry  ...
  • Published In Waverly [Sussex County] ...
  • Published In Claremont  ...
  • Published In Smithfield [Isle of Wight County] ...
    • The Smithfield Times (from 1920)
    • The Smithfield Times (from 1998)
    • The Times (from 1985)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sexton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sexton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0529, Longitude: -76.9233       In this case, the coordinates for Sexton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).