RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Monongalia County >> Morgantown >> Local NewspapersIndex...

Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morgantown is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 42 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morgantown. In addition, the list contains another 5 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morgantown. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Morgantown.

Newspapers Published In Morgantown ...

We know of 42 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Morgantown:

Newspapers Neighboring Morgantown ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Morgantown.

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

  • Published In Westover  ...
    • Westover Observer (from 1952)
  • Published In Point Marion [Fayette County] ...
    • Point Marion News (from 1928)
  • Published In Mount Morris [Greene County] ...
  • Published In Greensboro [Greene County] ...
    • Greensboro Bulletin (from 1897)
    • Greensboro Graphic (from 1885)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Morgantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6297, Longitude: -79.9585