Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Thompson Ford. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Scott County Herald-Virginian (from 19??)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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
The Wise County Herald (from 1907)
- Published in Coeburn [Wise County]
- 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 '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- 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).