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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  ...
  • Published In Widen  ...
    • The Widen News (from 1920)
  • Published In Summersville [Nicholas County] ...
  • Published In Clendenin [Kanawha 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- 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).