Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 25 newspapers that have been published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Athens. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph (from 1893)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8232043
Bluefield Evening Leader (from 1906)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1906 to 1911
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Evening Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092066
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041608
Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader (from 1926)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1926 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092068
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041646
Mountain Mirror (from 1951)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain Mirror
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041621
Pearisburg Gazette (from 1866)
- Published in Pearisburg (VA) [Giles County]
- Years of publication: 1866 to 1877
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pearisburg Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85034385
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12765233
Pearisburg Virginian (from 19??)
- Published in Pearisburg (VA) [Giles County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1954
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pearisburg Virginian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079294
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33374610
Princeton Daily Times (from 1962)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1962 to 1964
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Princeton Daily Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092063
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041584
Princeton Gazette (from 1912)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Princeton Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092053
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041296
Princeton Observer (from 1927)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1927 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Princeton Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092058
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041534
Princeton Progress (from 1910)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1910 to 1916
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Princeton Progress
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092060
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041548
Sunset News-Observer (from 1957)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1957 to 1972
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sunset News-Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092069
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041651
The Evening Press (from 1917)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1917 to 1927
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evening Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092057
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041526
The Mercer Progress (from 1916)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1916 to 192?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mercer Progress
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092061
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041555
The Mercer Recorder (from 1921)
- Published in Matoaka [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1921 to 1934
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mercer Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092070
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041673
The Mercer Republican (from 190?)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 190? to 1912
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mercer Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092052
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041294
The Princeton Journal (from 1879)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1879 to 1902
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092054
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041300
The Princeton Journal (from 1903)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1903 to 1917
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092055
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041313
The Princeton News (from 1927)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1927 to 1932
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092059
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041541
The Princeton Press (from 1913)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1913 to 1917
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092056
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041478
The Princeton Times (from 1961)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1961 to 1962
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092062
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041565
The Princeton Times (from 1964)
- Published in Princeton [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1964 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Princeton Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092064
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041590
The Sunday Telegraph (from 1897)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Published during 1897
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sunday Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092560
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13717780
Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder (from 1932)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1932 to 194?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092071
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041684
Virginian Leader
- Published in Pearisburg (VA) [Giles County]
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Virginian Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97066005
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37041019
Weekly Pearisburg Virginian (from 1877)
- Published in Pearisburg (VA) [Giles County]
- Years of publication: 1877 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly Pearisburg Virginian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079295
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33374768

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Athens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Athens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4247, Longitude: -81.0160