Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 11 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of McClain. The list has been sorted by paper name.

The Elizabeth Gazette (from 1867)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1867 to 1869
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092418
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323133
The Elizabeth Messenger (from 1886)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1886 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Messenger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092420
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323043
The Jackson Bugle (from 1883)
- Published in Ravenswood [Jackson County]
- Years of publication: 1883 to 1894
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Jackson Bugle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092194
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13091014
The Jackson County News (from 1873)
- Published in Ravenswood [Jackson County]
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1879
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Jackson County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84026818
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10688657
The Kanawha News (from 1893)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kanawha News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092421
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323145
The Ravenswood News (from 1879)
- Published in Ravenswood [Jackson County]
- Years of publication: 1879 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ravenswood News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059769
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12889775
The Reedy News (from 1909)
- Published in Reedy [Roane County]
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1949
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Reedy News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092295
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201542
The West Virginia Transcript (from 1883)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1883 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The West Virginia Transcript
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092422
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323151
The Wirt County Democrat (from 1868)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1868 to 1871
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wirt County Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092424
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323188
The Wirt County Mentor (from 1873)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1883
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wirt County Mentor
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84038286
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11249472
Wirt County Journal (from 1908)
- Published in Elizabeth [Wirt County]
- Years of publication: 1908 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Wirt County Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092419
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13323135

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- McClain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McClain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9948, Longitude: -81.5365 In this case, the coordinates for McClain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).