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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Follansbee 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Follansbee. In addition, the list contains another 68 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Follansbee. In total, we've identified 69 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Follansbee.

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 Follansbee.  

Newspapers Published In Follansbee ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Follansbee area:

  • Mill Town Review (from 1911)

Newspapers Neighboring Follansbee ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Follansbee.

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

  • Published In Mingo Junction [Jefferson County] ...
    • Mingo News (from 19??)
  • Published In Steubenville [Jefferson County] ...
    • We know of 52 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Steubenville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Steubenville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Follansbee. This extended list includes all the papers from Steubenville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Follansbee
  • Published In Wellsburg  ...
  • Published In Weirton [Hancock County] ...
  • Published In Wintersville [Jefferson County] ...
    • The Citizen (from 1970)
  • Published In Toronto [Jefferson County] ...
    • Toronto Tribune (from 1879)
  • Published In Smithfield [Jefferson County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Follansbee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Follansbee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3304, Longitude: -80.5964