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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Willis 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 Willis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Willis. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Willis.

Newspapers Neighboring Willis ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Willis.

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

  • Published In Floyd  ...
    • The Floyd Press (from 1891)
  • Published In Woolwine [Patrick County] ...
    • Rocky Hollow (from 1939)
    • The Knob (from 1940)
  • Published In Hillsville [Carroll County] ...
  • Published In Newbern [Pulaski County] ...
  • Published In Stuart [Patrick County] ...
    • Normal Review (from 1890)
      • The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Normal Review
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96095003
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34457957
    • The Bull Mountain Bugle (from 1969)
    • The Enterprise (from 1910)
    • The Observer (from 1938)
    • The Patrick Press (from 1884)
    • The Stuart Enterprise (from 1890)
  • Published In Christiansburg [Montgomery County] ...
    • Montgomery Messenger (from 1869)
    • Montgomery News Messenger (from 1931)
    • Montgomery News (from 1924)
    • New Star (from 1860)
      • Years of publication:  1860 to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the New Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90069181
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21212121
    • Radford News Journal (from 1995)
    • The News Messenger (from 1995)
    • The News (from 1993)
      • Years of publication:  1993 to 1995
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95079331
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28388646
    • The Southwest (from 1867)
    • The Star And Herald (from 18??)
    • The Weekly Herald (from 1854)
  • Published In Radford [Radford City] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Willis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8579, Longitude: -80.4809       In this case, the coordinates for Willis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).