RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Rockbridge County >> Vesuvius >> Local NewspapersIndex...

Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Vesuvius 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Vesuvius. In addition, the list contains another 72 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Vesuvius. In total, we've identified 73 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Vesuvius.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vesuvius.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Vesuvius ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Vesuvius area:

  • The Volcano (from 193?)

Newspapers Neighboring Vesuvius ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Vesuvius.

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

  • Published In Greenville [Augusta County] ...
    • Greenville Banner (from 1882)
  • Published In Oronoco [Amherst County] ...
    • Blue Ridge Echo (from 1935)
    • The Backwoodsman (from 193?)
  • Published In Lexington [Lexington City] ...
    • We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lexington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lexington
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Vesuvius. This extended list includes all the papers from Lexington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vesuvius.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Lyndhurst [Augusta County] ...
  • Published In Goshen  ...
    • The Goshen Blade (from 1891)
    • The Tattler (from 1935)
  • Published In Staunton [Staunton City] ...
    • We know of 72 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Staunton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Staunton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Vesuvius. This extended list includes all the papers from Staunton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vesuvius.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vesuvius) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vesuvius. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9062, Longitude: -79.1973       In this case, the coordinates for Vesuvius have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).