Ridgeley, West Virginia

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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ridgeley 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 Ridgeley. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ridgeley. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]^<1> of Ridgeley.

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 Ridgeley.

Newspapers Neighboring Ridgeley ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Ridgeley.

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

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Cumberland (MD) - Less than 2 miles to the northeast
Frostburg (MD) - 8 miles [12.9 km] to the west
Lonaconing (MD) - 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest
Hyndman (PA) - 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north

Published In Cumberland (MD) [Allegany County (MD)] [Map]

(About Less than 2 miles to the northeast of Ridgeley)

We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cumberland. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cumberland.

We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Ridgeley. This extended list includes all the papers from Cumberland. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ridgeley.

Published In Frostburg (MD) [Allegany County (MD)] [Map]

(About 8 miles [12.9 km] to the west of Ridgeley)

We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Frostburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Frostburg.

We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Ridgeley. This extended list includes all the papers from Frostburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ridgeley.

Published In Lonaconing (MD) [Allegany County (MD)] [Map]

(About 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest of Ridgeley)

George's Creek Press

Years of publication: 1874 to 187?

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11718614

Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:

Catalog Card for the George's Creek Press

Holdings for: LCCN SN85025393

The Advocate

Years of publication: 1911 to 19??

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20570158

Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:

Catalog Card for The Advocate

Holdings for: LCCN SN89060245

The Valley Times

Years of publication: 1878 to 18??

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20569093

Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:

Catalog Card for The Valley Times

Holdings for: LCCN SN89060236

Published In Hyndman (PA) [Bedford County (PA)] [Map]

(About 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north of Ridgeley)

Hyndman Bulletin

Years of publication: 1890 to 1908

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14988578

Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:

Catalog Card for the Hyndman Bulletin

Holdings for: LCCN SN86082062

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The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Ridgeley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mineral County: www.mineralcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance that stretches from Ridgeley. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ridgeley) to Point B.

If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Ridgeley. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Ridgeley

Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeley. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6429, Longitude: -78.7713 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

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