Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bridgeport.
Our newspaper information for Bridgeport is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeport. In addition, the list contains another 54 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bridgeport. In total, we've identified 57 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Bridgeport.
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 Bridgeport.
Newspapers Published In Bridgeport ...
We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Bridgeport:
- Bridgeport Home And Bargain News (from 1952)
- Bridgeport Spotlight (from 1969)
- The Bridgeport News (from 1954)
Newspapers Neighboring Bridgeport ...
The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Bridgeport.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Bridgeport.
- Published In Clarksburg ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Clarksburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Clarksburg
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Clarksburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Shinnston ...
- The Shinnston News (from 1897)
- Published In Worthington [Marion County] ...
- The Worthington News (from 1958)
- Published In Fetterman [Taylor County] ...
- The Taylor County Advertiser (from 1866)
- The Taylor County Advertiser (from 186?)
- Union Vanguard (from 1866)
- Published In Grafton [Taylor County] ...
- Central West Virginia Guardian (from 1973)
- Grafton Daily Republican (from 1907)
- Grafton Daily Sentinel (from 1903)
- Grafton Eagle-Sentinel (from 1887)
- Grafton Leader (from 1889)
- Grafton Press---and The Belington Progressive (from 1927)
- Grafton Press (from 1930)
- Grafton Sentinel (from 1870)
- Grafton Sentinel (from 1891)
- Standard Enterprise (from 1886)
- The Grafton Daily News (from 1903)
- The Grafton Eagle (from 1878)
- The Grafton News (from 1934)
- The Grafton Standard (from 1884)
- The Grafton Weekly Times (from 1874)
- The Mountain Statesman (from 1975)
- The West Virginia Chronicle (from 1868)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bridgeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3003, Longitude: -80.2476 In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |