Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oswald 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 Oswald. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oswald. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oswald.

Newspapers Neighboring Oswald ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Oswald.

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

Published In Beckley ...
- Beckley Post Herald & Raleigh Register (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Beckley Post Herald & Raleigh Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092271
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196460
- Daily News-Digest (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily News-Digest
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092262
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196290
- Register/Herald (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Register/Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83005424
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10221134
- The Beckley Messenger (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Beckley Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092265
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196315
- The Evening Post (from 1924)
  - Published during 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092269
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196361
- The Independent Observer (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092263
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196294
- The Messenger (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092264
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196310
- The Raleigh Herald (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Raleigh Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092268
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196350
- The Sunday Register (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1953
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sunday Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092300
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201883
- West Va. Leader (from 1918)
  - Published during 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Va. Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092272
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196468
Published In Oak Hill [Fayette County] ...
- Oak Hill Enterprise (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Oak Hill Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059631
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776123
- The Fayette News (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059629
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776114
- The Fayette Republican (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059633
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776130
- The Midnight Sun (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Midnight Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059630
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776120
- The Oak Hill News (from 1928)
  - Published during 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oak Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059632
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776127
- The Oak Hill Times (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oak Hill Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059634
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776134

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 from Point A (ie- Oswald) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oswald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8604, Longitude: -81.1723 In this case, the coordinates for Oswald have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).