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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Independence 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 Independence. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Independence. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Independence.

Newspapers Neighboring Independence ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Independence.

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

  • Published In Ravenswood  ...
  • Published In Cottageville  ...
  • Published In Reedy [Roane County] ...
    • The Reedy News (from 1909)
  • Published In New Haven [Mason County] ...

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- Independence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Independence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9070, Longitude: -81.6751       In this case, the coordinates for Independence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).