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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Amboy 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 Amboy. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Amboy. Our list contains 26 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Amboy.

Newspapers Neighboring Amboy ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Amboy.

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

  • Published In Terra Alta  ...
  • Published In Oakland [Garrett County] ...
  • Published In Kingwood  ...
  • Published In Saint George [Tucker County] ...
  • Published In Thomas [Tucker County] ...
  • Published In Newburg  ...
    • Newburg Herald (from 1881)
  • Published In Davis [Tucker 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- Amboy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amboy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3484, Longitude: -79.5684       In this case, the coordinates for Amboy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).