Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 13 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of McDowell. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph (from 1893)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8232043
Bluefield Evening Leader (from 1906)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1906 to 1911
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Evening Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092066
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041608
Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader (from 1926)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1926 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Bluefield Sunset News The Times-Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092068
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041646
McDowell Recorder (from 1890)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1890 to 1943
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the McDowell Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092048
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032827
Mountain Mirror (from 1951)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain Mirror
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041621
Sunset News-Observer (from 1957)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1957 to 1972
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sunset News-Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092069
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041651
The McDowell Republican (from 1912)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The McDowell Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032821
The McDowell Times (from 1904)
- Published in Keystone [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1904 to 1941
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The McDowell Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092050
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032822
The Mercer Recorder (from 1921)
- Published in Matoaka [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1921 to 1934
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mercer Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092070
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041673
The Mullens Advocate (from 1913)
- Published in Mullens [Wyoming County]
- Years of publication: 1913 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mullens Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092488
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13805394
The Sunday Telegraph (from 1897)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Published during 1897
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sunday Telegraph
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092560
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13717780
The Welch Daily News (from 1923)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1923 to 2002
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Welch Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092051
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032831
Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder (from 1932)
- Published in Bluefield [Mercer County]
- Years of publication: 1932 to 194?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Twin City Advance And Mercer Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092071
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13041684

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 drawn from Point A (ie- McDowell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McDowell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4029, Longitude: -81.3804 In this case, the coordinates for McDowell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).