Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Thompson Ford 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 Thompson Ford. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Thompson Ford. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Thompson Ford.

Newspapers Neighboring Thompson Ford ...

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

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

Published In Gate City ...
- Scott County Herald-Virginian (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scott County Herald-Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064870
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43272362
- Scott County Virginia Star (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scott County Virginia Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84001929
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11408199
- The Gate City Herald (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 196?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gate City Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079256
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33090589
- The Scott County News (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 196?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Scott County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32877051
Published In Coeburn [Wise County] ...
- The Wise County Herald (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wise County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066729
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41015294

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Thompson Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thompson Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7523, Longitude: -82.3818 In this case, the coordinates for Thompson Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).