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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Romney 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 Romney. In addition, the list contains another 8 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Romney. In total, we've identified 12 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Romney.

Newspapers Published In Romney ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Romney ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Romney.

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

  • Published In Keyser [Mineral County] ...
  • Published In Lonaconing [Allegany County] ...
    • George's Creek Press (from 1874)
    • The Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Valley Times (from 1878)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Romney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Romney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3445, Longitude: -78.7576