Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Point.
Our newspaper information for West Point 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Point. In addition, the list contains another 10 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Point. In total, we've identified 18 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Point.
Newspapers Published In West Point ...
We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of West Point:
- Brookshire Camp's Tall Pines (from 1937)
- Tall Pines Of Brookshire (from 193?)
- The Plain Dealer And Southern Immigrationist (from 188?)
- The Plaindealer (from 189?)
- The Tidewater Review (from 1928)
- The West Point News (from 1914)
- West Point Star (from 1871)
- West Point Virginian (from 1886)
Newspapers Neighboring West Point ...
The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Point.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from West Point.
- Published In Eltham [New Kent County] ...
- New Kent-Charles City Chronicle (from 1994)
- Published In Toano [James City County] ...
- The James City Journal (from 19??)
- The James City Press (from 1949)
- The James-York Tidings (from 1970)
- Published In Stormont [Middlesex County] ...
- The Middlesex Review (from 1947)
- Published In Urbanna [Middlesex County] ...
- Mathews-Middlesex Herald (from 1896)
- Southside Sentinel (from 1899)
- The Mathews-Middlesex Magazine (from 197?)
- Published In Providence Forge [New Kent County] ...
- Chickahominy Journal (from 199?)
- The Chickahominy Chronicle (from 1971)
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- West Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5519, Longitude: -76.8017 In this case, the coordinates for West Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |