Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sparks 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 Sparks. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sparks. Our list contains 13 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Sparks.

Newspapers Neighboring Sparks ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Sparks.

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

Published In Summersville ...
- The Nicholas County Local (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Nicholas County Local
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092222
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148734
Published In Widen [Clay County] ...
- The Widen News (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Widen News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059607
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768546
Published In Fayetteville [Fayette County] ...
- Fayette Democrat (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fayette Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059614
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776028
- Fayette Free Press
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fayette Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061145
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18097347
- Industrial World (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1890
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Industrial World
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092566
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13900286
- Pick And Shovel (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pick And Shovel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059620
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776071
- The Fayette Democrat (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092538
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13567328
- The Fayette Enterprise (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29692168
- The Fayette Journal (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059615
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776068
- The Fayette Sun (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059616
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776070
- The Fayette Tribune And Free Press (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fayette Tribune And Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059619
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776037
- The State Sentinel (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1972
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The State Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059621
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776074
- The West Virginia Republican (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059622
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776079

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sparks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2357, Longitude: -80.9026 In this case, the coordinates for Sparks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).