Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Charleston.
Our newspaper information for Charleston 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 93 papers that were published in the immediate area of Charleston. In addition, the list contains another 20 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Charleston. In total, we've identified 113 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Charleston.
Newspapers Published In Charleston ...
We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Charleston:
- Baltimore Conference Journal (from 1882)
- Charleston Daily Bulletin (from 1864)
- Charleston Daily Courier (from 1872)
- Charleston Daily Mail (from 1896)
- Charleston Daily Mail (from 1901)
- Charleston Daily Star (from 1887)
- Charleston Daily Times (from 1884)
- Charleston Evening Mail (from 1893)
- Charleston Herald (from 1913)
- Charleston Leader (from 1878)
- Charleston Morning News (from 1905)
- Charleston Nonpareil (from 1880)
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- Charleston Star (from 1886)
- Charleston Sun (from 1926)
- Charleston Weekly Gazette (from 1898)
- Charleston Weekly Mail (from 1901)
- Charleston Weekly Star (from 1886)
- Daily News-Digest (from 1951)
- Kanawha Daily Patriot (from 1896)
- Kanawha Democrat (from 1890)
- Kanawha Dispatch (from 1886)
- Kanawha Progressive (from 1914)
- Kanawha Review (from 1894)
- Kanawha Valley Democrat (from 1892)
- Kanawha Valley Legionnaire (from 1947)
- Kanawha Valley Star (from 1856)
- Mail Tribune (from 1900)
- Mountaineer Defense (from 1942)
- State Journal (from 1926)
- Sunday Gazette-Mail (from 1958)
- Sunday Star Tribune (from 189?)
- The Advocate (from 1901)
- The Advocate (from 1901)
- The Baptist Record (from 1869)
- The Bimetalist (from 1895)
- The Charleston Advocate (from 1894)
- The Charleston Banner (from 1882)
- The Charleston Daily Gazette (from 1897)
- The Charleston Daily Mail (from 1920)
- The Charleston Gazette (from 1907)
- The Charleston Herald (from 1870)
- The Charleston Journal (from 1934)
- The Charleston Journal (from 195?)
- The Charleston Leader (from 1917)
- The Charleston Mail (from 1906)
- The Charleston Mail
- The Charleston News (from 1881)
- The Charleston Post (from 1915)
- The Charleston Semi-Weekly Mail (from 1902)
- The Charleston State Record (from 1906)
- The Charleston Sunday Blade (from 1898)
- The Charleston Weekly Mail (from 1892)
- The Daily Courier (from 1871)
- The Daily Gazette (from 1888)
- The Daily Mail Tribune (from 1898)
- The Daily Telegram (from 1896)
- The Evening Call (from 1881)
- The Holiday Visitor (from 1884)
- The Kanawha Ballot (from 1900)
- The Kanawha Chronicle (from 1872)
- The Kanawha Citizen (from 1912)
- The Kanawha Daily (from 1871)
- The Kanawha Gazette (from 1877)
- The Labor Advocate (from 1886)
- The Labor Advocate (from 1933)
- The Labor Argus (from 1906)
- The Labor Union (from 1926)
- The Star Daily Tribune (from 1891)
- The Star Weekly Tribune (from 1891)
- The State Journal (from 1984)
- The State Tribune (from 1881)
- The State (from 1880)
- The Sun-Herald (from 1914)
- The Temperance Star (from 1874)
- The West Virginia Courier (from 1870)
- The West Virginia Digest (from 1939)
- The West Virginia Federationist (from 1916)
- The West Virginia Journal (from 1864)
- The West Virginia Republican (from 1892)
- The West Virginia Republican (from 1943)
- The West Virginia Weekly (from 1933)
- The West Virginian (from 1896)
- Trades Union, And Official Directory (from 1891)
- Tri-Weekly Courier (from 1874)
- Union Mission News (from 192?)
- Weekly Mail Tribune (from 1898)
- Weekly Star-Tribune (from 189?)
- West Virginia Beacon Digest (from 19??)
- West Virginia CIO News (from 1946)
- West Virginia Enterprise (from 1885)
- West Virginia Herald (from 1898)
- West Virginia State Weekly (from 1924)
- West Virginian (from 1937)
Newspapers Neighboring Charleston ...
The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Charleston.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Charleston.
- Published In South Charleston ...
- South Charleston Advocate (from 1984)
- Published In Dunbar ...
- Kanawha Valley News (from 1931)
- The Dunbar Advance (from 1917)
- The Dunbar Advance (from 1937)
- The Dunbar News Advertiser (from 1961)
- The Times-Advance (from 1940)
- Published In Belle ...
- The Kanawha Citizen (from 1950)
- Published In Cross Lanes ...
- Cross Lanes Record (from 1975)
- Published In Saint Albans ...
- Kanawha Democrat (from 1887)
- The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kanawha Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94058006
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29741692
- Kanawha Valley Democrat (from 1882)
- St. Albans Advertiser (from 1926)
- St. Albans Express (from 1879)
- St. Albans Herald (from 1910)
- St. Albans Nonpareil (from 1881)
- St. Albans Reporter (from 1896)
- The Kanawha Independent (from 1874)
- The St. Albans Pioneer (from 1871)
- The St. Albans Times (from 1952)
- Published In Nitro ...
- Kanawha Valley Leader (from 1944)
- Published In Chelyan ...
- The Cabin Creek Courier (from 1937)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Charleston: www.cityofcharleston.org/
The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3478, Longitude: -81.6282 |