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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Somerton 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 Somerton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Somerton. Our list contains 17 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Somerton.

Newspapers Neighboring Somerton ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Somerton.

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

  • Published In Gatesville [Gates County] ...
    • Gates County Index (from 193?)
    • The Messenger (from 1916)
  • Published In Franklin [Franklin City] ...
    • Blackwater Courier (from 1891)
    • Franklin Gazette (from 1880)
    • Southhampton Democrat (from 188?)
    • The Graphic (from 1900)
    • The Tidewater News (from 1905)
  • Published In Suffolk [Suffolk City] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Somerton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Somerton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5682, Longitude: -76.7513       In this case, the coordinates for Somerton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).