Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Slate 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 Slate. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Slate. Our list contains 47 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Slate.

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 Slate.  

Newspapers Neighboring Slate ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Slate.

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

• 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Slate. 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 Slate
• Published In Belpre [Washington County] ...
  • Belpre News (from 1931)
    • Published during 1931
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Belpre News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87075222
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17063585