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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Whitfield 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 Whitfield. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Whitfield. Our list contains 76 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Whitfield.

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 Whitfield.  

Newspapers Neighboring Whitfield ...

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

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

  • Published In Danville [Danville City] ...
    • We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Danville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Danville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Whitfield. This extended list includes all the papers from Danville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Whitfield
  • Published In Yanceyville [Caswell County] ...
  • Published In Sandy Level [Henry County] ...
    • Virginia Creeper (from 193?)
  • Published In Milton [Caswell County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5471, Longitude: -79.4725       In this case, the coordinates for Whitfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).