Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rockport 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 Rockport. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rockport. Our list contains 50 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Rockport.

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 Rockport.  

Newspapers Neighboring Rockport ...

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

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

• Published In Elizabeth [Wirt County] ...
  • The Elizabeth Gazette (from 1867)
    • Years of publication:  1867 to 1869
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Gazette
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092418
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323133
  • The Elizabeth Messenger (from 1886)
    • Years of publication:  1886 to 1918
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Elizabeth Messenger
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092420
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323043
  • The Kanawha News (from 1893)
    • Years of publication:  1893 to 1952
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Kanawha News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092421
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323145
  • The West Virginia Transcript (from 1883)
    • Years of publication:  1883 to 18??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The West Virginia Transcript
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092422
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323151
  • The Wirt County Democrat (from 1868)
    • Years of publication:  1868 to 1871
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wirt County Democrat
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092424
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323188
  • The Wirt County Mentor (from 1873)
    • Years of publication:  1873 to 1883
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wirt County Mentor
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84038286
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11249472
  • Wirt County Journal (from 1908)
    • Years of publication:  1908 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Wirt County Journal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092419
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13323135
• Published In Parkersburg  ...
  • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Parkersburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Parkersburg
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Rockport. This extended list includes all the papers from Parkersburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rockport
• Published In Ravenswood [Jackson County] ...
  • The Jackson Bugle (from 1883)
    • Years of publication:  1883 to 1894
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Jackson Bugle
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092194
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13091014
  • The Jackson County News (from 1873)
    • Years of publication:  1873 to 1879
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Jackson County News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026818
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10688657
  • The Ravenswood News (from 1879)
    • Years of publication:  1879 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ravenswood News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059769
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12889775
• Published In Reedy [Roane County] ...
  • The Reedy News (from 1909)
    • Years of publication:  1909 to 1949
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Reedy News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86092295
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13201542

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

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