Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shortt Gap 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 Shortt Gap. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shortt Gap. Our list contains 13 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Shortt Gap.

Newspapers Neighboring Shortt Gap ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Shortt Gap.

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

Published In Richlands [Tazewell County] ...
- Richlands News-Press (from 1966)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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
- The Clinch Valley News
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Honaker [Russell County] ...
- Honaker Herald (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Honaker Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32319269
- The Honaker Press (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Honaker Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2002061806
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 50073691
- The Honaker Times (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Honaker Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064725
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 47881132
Published In War [McDowell County] ...
- Big Creek Home News (from 1978)
  - 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
Published In Grundy ...
- Sandy Valley News (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sandy Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079125
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32293262
- The Star (from 194?)
  - Years of publication: 194? to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060594
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 124095246
- The Virginia Mountaineer (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Virginia Mountaineer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079224
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32864278
- Virginia Mountaineer (from 1948)
  - Years of publication: 1948 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Virginia Mountaineer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060508
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 124095445

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shortt Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shortt Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1573, Longitude: -81.8729 In this case, the coordinates for Shortt Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).