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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for South Boston 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of South Boston. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded South Boston. In total, we've identified 17 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of South Boston.

Newspapers Published In South Boston ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of South Boston:

  • Halifax Gazette (from 1903)
  • News & Record (from 1974)
  • The Gazette-Virginian (from 1963)
  • The News (from 1890)
    • Years of publication:  1890 to 1929
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96094026
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34630914
  • The South Boston News (from 1929)

Newspapers Neighboring South Boston ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of South Boston.

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

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 from Point A (ie- South Boston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Boston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7006, Longitude: -78.9040