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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Murphytown 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 Murphytown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Murphytown. Our list contains 60 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Murphytown.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Murphytown.  

Newspapers Neighboring Murphytown ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Murphytown.

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

  • Published In Parkersburg  ...
    • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Parkersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Parkersburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Murphytown. This extended list includes all the papers from Parkersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Murphytown
  • Published In Belpre [Washington County] ...
    • Belpre News (from 1931)
  • Published In Williamstown  ...
  • Published In Marietta [Washington County] ...
    • We know of 53 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marietta. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marietta
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Murphytown. This extended list includes all the papers from Marietta. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Murphytown
  • Published In Elizabeth [Wirt County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Murphytown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murphytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2340, Longitude: -81.4435       In this case, the coordinates for Murphytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).