Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

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

Newspapers Neighboring Nelson ...

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

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

Published In Peytona ...
- The Peytona Herald (from 1892)
  - The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Peytona Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059551
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685877
Published In Whitesville ...
- The Whitesville News (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whitesville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059552
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685882
- The Whitesville State-News (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Whitesville State-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059553
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685890
Published In Madison ...
- Coal Valley News (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Coal Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83007395
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9395264
- The Boone Democrat (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1913
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Boone Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059545
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12688992
- The Boone Frontier (from 1970)
  - Years of publication: 1970 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Boone Frontier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059546
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685839
- The Coal River Republican (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coal River Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059547
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685855
- The Madison Recorder (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059548
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685846
Published In Chelyan [Kanawha County] ...
- The Cabin Creek Courier (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cabin Creek Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059786
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12897803
Published In Danville ...
- Coal River Press (from 1922)
  - Published during 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Coal River Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059550
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685865
- Danville Progress (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Danville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059549
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12685860
Published In Belle [Kanawha County] ...
- The Kanawha Citizen (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kanawha Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059793
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12898152

Footnotes ...

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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- Nelson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nelson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0690, Longitude: -81.6230 In this case, the coordinates for Nelson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).