Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock Creek. Our list contains 18 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Rock Creek.

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Rock Creek.

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

Published In Whitesville [Boone County] ...
- The Whitesville News (from 1946)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Oceana [Wyoming County] ...
- The Oceana Sun (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oceana Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092485
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13416140
- The Wyoming Weekly News (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wyoming Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072092
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14644597
- Wyoming Herald (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wyoming Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092486
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13416142
Published In Sophia ...
- The Gulf Times (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gulf Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092273
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201277
- The Raleigh County Gulf Times (from 1982)
  - Years of publication: 1982 to 1986
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Raleigh County Gulf Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84008005
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10339488
- The Sophia Weekly Review (from 1941)
  - Published during 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sophia Weekly Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092274
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13196473
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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rock Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8507, Longitude: -81.4518 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).