Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

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

Coal River Press (from 1922)
- Published in Danville [Boone County]
- 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
Coal Valley News (from 1925)
- Published in Madison [Boone County]
- 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
Danville Progress (from 1911)
- Published in Danville [Boone County]
- 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
The Boone Democrat (from 1891)
- Published in Madison [Boone County]
- 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)
- Published in Madison [Boone County]
- 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 Cabin Creek Courier (from 1937)
- Published in Chelyan [Kanawha County]
- 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
The Coal River Republican (from 1905)
- Published in Madison [Boone County]
- 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 Kanawha Citizen (from 1950)
- Published in Belle [Kanawha County]
- 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
The Madison Recorder (from 1922)
- Published in Madison [Boone County]
- 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
The Peytona Herald (from 1892)
- Published in Peytona [Boone County]
- 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
The Whitesville News (from 1946)
- Published in Whitesville [Boone County]
- 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)
- Published in Whitesville [Boone County]
- 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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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).