Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sophia.
Our newspaper information for Sophia 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sophia. In addition, the list contains another 11 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sophia. In total, we've identified 14 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sophia.
Newspapers Published In Sophia ...
We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sophia:
- The Gulf Times (from 1977)
- The Raleigh County Gulf Times (from 1982)
- The Sophia Weekly Review (from 1941)
Newspapers Neighboring Sophia ...
The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sophia.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sophia.
- Published In Beckley ...
- Beckley Post Herald & Raleigh Register (from 1953)
- Daily News-Digest (from 1952)
- Register/Herald (from 1984)
- The Beckley Messenger (from 1912)
- The Evening Post (from 1924)
- The Independent Observer (from 1934)
- The Messenger (from 1909)
- The Raleigh Herald (from 1900)
- The Sunday Register (from 1923)
- West Va. Leader (from 1918)
- Published In Mullens [Wyoming County] ...
- The Mullens Advocate (from 1913)
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sophia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sophia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7061, Longitude: -81.2536 In this case, the coordinates for Sophia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |