Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Canton 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 Canton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Canton. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Canton.

Newspapers Neighboring Canton ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Canton.

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

Published In West Union ...
- The Derrick-Herald (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Derrick-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059608
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768416
- The Doddridge County Republican (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Doddridge County Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059609
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768425
- The Herald Record (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059612
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768460
- West Union Herald (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Union Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059610
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768430
- West Union Herald (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Union Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092540
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13681319
- West Union Observer (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Union Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84037881
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11117158
- West Union Record (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Union Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059611
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768446
Published In Middlebourne [Tyler County] ...
- The Tyler County News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tyler County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092369
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291342
- The West Virginia Echo (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092363
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291316
Published In Pennsboro [Ritchie County] ...
- The Pennsboro News (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pennsboro News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092290
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201870

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Canton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3631, Longitude: -80.7354 In this case, the coordinates for Canton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).