Sparks, West Virginia

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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.

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Summersville - 4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast
Fayetteville - 16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest
Widen - 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north

Published In Summersville [Nicholas County] [Map]

(About 4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast of Sparks)

The Nicholas County Local

Years of publication: 1876 to 187?

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148734

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Catalog Card for The Nicholas County Local

Holdings for: LCCN SN86092222

Published In Fayetteville [Fayette County] [Map]

(About 16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest of Sparks)

Fayette Democrat

Years of publication: 1883 to 189?

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776028

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Catalog Card for the Fayette Democrat

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059614

Fayette Free Press

The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18097347

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Catalog Card for the Fayette Free Press

Holdings for: LCCN SN88061145

Industrial World

Years of publication: 1888 to 1890

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13900286

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Catalog Card for the Industrial World

Holdings for: LCCN SN86092566

Pick And Shovel

Years of publication: 1920 to 1929

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776071

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Catalog Card for the Pick And Shovel

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059620

The Fayette Democrat

Years of publication: 1913 to 1941

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13567328

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Catalog Card for The Fayette Democrat

Holdings for: LCCN SN86092538

The Fayette Enterprise

Published in 18??

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29692168

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Catalog Card for The Fayette Enterprise

Holdings for: LCCN SN94058003

The Fayette Journal

Years of publication: 1895 to 1937

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776068

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Catalog Card for The Fayette Journal

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059615

The Fayette Sun

Years of publication: 1906 to 1914

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776070

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Catalog Card for The Fayette Sun

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059616

The Fayette Tribune And Free Press

Years of publication: 1908 to 1924

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776037

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Catalog Card for The Fayette Tribune And Free Press

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059619

The State Sentinel

Years of publication: 1929 to 1972

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776074

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Catalog Card for The State Sentinel

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059621

The West Virginia Republican

Years of publication: 1887 to 189?

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12776079

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Catalog Card for The West Virginia Republican

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059622

Published In Widen [Clay County] [Map]

(About 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north of Sparks)

The Widen News

Years of publication: 1920 to 195?

Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768546

Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:

Catalog Card for The Widen News

Holdings for: LCCN SN85059607

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance that begins in Sparks. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sparks) to Point B.

Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparks. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2357, Longitude: -80.9026 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Sparks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

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