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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Somerset 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 Somerset. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Somerset. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Somerset.

Newspapers Neighboring Somerset ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Somerset.

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

  • Published In Orange  ...
  • Published In Madison [Madison County] ...
    • Madison County Eagle (from 1924)
    • Madison Exponent (from 1910)
    • Madison News (from 1897)
  • Published In Stanardsville [Greene County] ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Somerset) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Somerset. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2076, Longitude: -78.2181       In this case, the coordinates for Somerset have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).