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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sweepstakes. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sweepstakes.

Newspapers Neighboring Sweepstakes ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Sweepstakes.

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

  • 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 Murfreesboro [Hertford County] ...
  • Published In Gatesville [Gates County] ...
    • Gates County Index (from 193?)
    • The Messenger (from 1916)
  • Published In Boykins  ...
    • The Times (from 1916)
  • Published In Ahoskie [Hertford 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 from Point A (ie- Sweepstakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweepstakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5554, Longitude: -76.9333       In this case, the coordinates for Sweepstakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).