Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 13 newspapers that have been published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Beckley Junction. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Beckley Post Herald & Raleigh Register (from 1953)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1953 to 1984
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Beckley Post Herald & Raleigh Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092271
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196460
Daily News-Digest (from 1952)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1952 to 195?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily News-Digest
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092262
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196290
Register/Herald (from 1984)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1984 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Register/Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83005424
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10221134
The Beckley Messenger (from 1912)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1912 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Beckley Messenger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092265
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196315
The Evening Post (from 1924)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Published during 1924
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evening Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092269
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196361
The Gulf Times (from 1977)
- Published in Sophia [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1977 to 1982
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gulf Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092273
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201277
The Independent Observer (from 1934)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1934 to 194?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092263
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196294
The Messenger (from 1909)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1912
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Messenger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092264
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196310
The Raleigh County Gulf Times (from 1982)
- Published in Sophia [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1982 to 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Raleigh County Gulf Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84008005
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10339488
The Raleigh Herald (from 1900)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1924
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Raleigh Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092268
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196350
The Sophia Weekly Review (from 1941)
- Published in Sophia [Raleigh County]
- Published during 1941
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sophia Weekly Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092274
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196473
The Sunday Register (from 1923)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Years of publication: 1923 to 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sunday Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092300
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201883
West Va. Leader (from 1918)
- Published in Beckley [Raleigh County]
- Published during 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Va. Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092272
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196468

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- Beckley Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beckley Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7640, Longitude: -81.1959 In this case, the coordinates for Beckley Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).