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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Soapstone 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 Soapstone. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Soapstone. Our list contains 54 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Soapstone.

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 Soapstone.  

Newspapers Neighboring Soapstone ...

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

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

  • Published In Sandy Level [Henry County] ...
    • Virginia Creeper (from 193?)
  • Published In Martinsville [Martinsville City] ...
  • Published In Danville [Danville City] ...
    • We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Danville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Danville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Soapstone. This extended list includes all the papers from Danville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Soapstone

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Soapstone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Soapstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6726, Longitude: -79.6453       In this case, the coordinates for Soapstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).