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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Dayton 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 Dayton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Dayton. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Dayton.

Newspapers Neighboring Dayton ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Dayton.

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

  • Published In Terra Alta  ...
  • Published In Oakland [Garrett County] ...
  • Published In Saint George [Tucker County] ...
  • Published In Kingwood  ...
  • Published In Thomas [Tucker County] ...
  • Published In Davis [Tucker County] ...
  • Published In Newburg  ...
    • Newburg Herald (from 1881)
  • Published In Parsons [Tucker County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dayton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3129, Longitude: -79.5873       In this case, the coordinates for Dayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).