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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Point Pleasant 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 21 papers that were published in the immediate area of Point Pleasant. In addition, the list contains another 29 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Point Pleasant. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Point Pleasant.

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 Point Pleasant.  

Newspapers Published In Point Pleasant ...

We know of 21 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Point Pleasant:

Newspapers Neighboring Point Pleasant ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Point Pleasant.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Point Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8530, Longitude: -82.1303       In this case, the coordinates for Point Pleasant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).