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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Skyland is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Skyland. In addition, the list contains another 37 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Skyland. In total, we've identified 38 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Skyland.

Newspapers Published In Skyland ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Skyland area:

Newspapers Neighboring Skyland ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Skyland.

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

  • Published In Luray  ...
  • Published In Stanley  ...
    • Stanley Herald (from 1891)
  • Published In Washington [Rappahannock County] ...
  • Published In Madison [Madison County] ...
    • Madison County Eagle (from 1924)
    • Madison Exponent (from 1910)
    • Madison News (from 1897)
  • Published In New Market [Shenandoah County] ...
    • Our Church Paper (from 1873)
    • Our Church Paper (from 1873)
    • Our Sunday School (from 1876)
    • Shenandoah Press (from 1883)
    • Shenandoah Valley (from 186?)
    • Spirit Of Democracy (from 1854)
    • Sunday School (from 1873)
  • Published In Edinburg [Shenandoah County] ...
  • 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??)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skyland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Skyland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5937, Longitude: -78.3820       In this case, the coordinates for Skyland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).