Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Petersburg 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Petersburg. In addition, the list contains another 21 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Petersburg. In total, we've identified 25 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Petersburg.

Newspapers Published In Petersburg ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Petersburg:

Grant County Gazette (from 1878)
- Published during 1878
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Grant County Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059644
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789170
Grant County Press (from 1896)
- Years of publication: 1896 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Grant County Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059647
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789219
South Branch Gazette (from 1878)
- Years of publication: 1878 to 1893
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the South Branch Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059645
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789177
The Mountain Breeze (from 1894)
- The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mountain Breeze
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059648
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789221

Newspapers Neighboring Petersburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Petersburg.

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

Published In Maysville ...
- Grant County Gazette (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Grant County Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059646
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789210
Published In Moorefield [Hardy County] ...
- Hardy County Courier And Advertiser (from 1849)
  - Years of publication: 1849 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hardy County Courier And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026804
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10683950
- The Hardy County Democrat (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059685
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818518
- The Hardy County Mail (from 1942)
  - Published during 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy County Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059687
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818525
- The Hardy County News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059686
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818520
- The Hardy County News (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059688
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12819054
- The Hardy Republican (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059689
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818529
- The Hardy Whig (from 1851)
  - Years of publication: 1851 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hardy Whig
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059690
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818545
- The Moorefield Advertiser (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Moorefield Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059684
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818509
- The Moorefield Examiner And Hardy County News (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Moorefield Examiner And Hardy County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83004830
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9921953
- The Moorefield Examiner (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Moorefield Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059692
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818599
- The Moorefield Examiner (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Moorefield Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059694
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818643
- The Weekly Examiner (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059693
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818609
- Weekly Examiner (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038196
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11199412
Published In Lost City [Hardy County] ...
- The Lost City Budget (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lost City Budget
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059691
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12818549
Published In Davis [Tucker County] ...
- Davis City Times (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Davis City Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092315
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13241273
- Davis Weekly News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Davis Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092313
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13241277
- The Davis News (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1933
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Davis News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092342
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13241282
- The Davis Times (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Davis Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092341
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13241276
- Tucker County Republican (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tucker County Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092314
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13261293
Published In Thomas [Tucker County] ...
- La Sentinella Del West Virginia (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1913
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: La Sentinella Del West Virginia
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86092310
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13261125

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 from Point A (ie- Petersburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Petersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9957, Longitude: -79.1243