Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jamestown 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 Jamestown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Jamestown. Our list contains 6 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Jamestown.

Newspapers Neighboring Jamestown ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Jamestown.

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

Published In Clay ...
- Clay County Free Press (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Clay County Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059604
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768375
- The Clay Messenger (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clay Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059605
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768379
- The Elk Examiner (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elk Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059606
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768392
Published In Widen ...
- The Widen News (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Widen News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059607
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768546
Published In Summersville [Nicholas County] ...
- The Nicholas County Local (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Nicholas County Local
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092222
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148734
Published In Clendenin [Kanawha County] ...
- West Virginia Herald (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Virginia Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059806
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12898213

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jamestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4562, Longitude: -81.0293 In this case, the coordinates for Jamestown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).