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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Simmons 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 Simmons Gap. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Simmons Gap. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Simmons Gap.

Newspapers Neighboring Simmons Gap ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Simmons Gap.

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

  • Published In Elkton [Rockingham County] ...
    • Nira News (from 1935)
      • Years of publication:  1935 to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Nira News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99066710
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 42938960
    • The Elkton News (from 1893)
    • The Valley Banner (from 19??)
  • Published In Stanardsville  ...
  • Published In Grottoes [Augusta County] ...
    • The Whippoorwill (from 1935)
  • Published In Crozet [Albemarle County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Simmons Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Simmons Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2968, Longitude: -78.6220       In this case, the coordinates for Simmons Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).