Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Union 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Union. In addition, the list contains another 10 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Union. In total, we've identified 17 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Union.

Newspapers Published In West Union ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of West Union:

The Derrick-Herald (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Derrick-Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059608
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768416
The Doddridge County Republican (from 1909)
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1942
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Doddridge County Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059609
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768425
The Herald Record (from 1977)
- Years of publication: 1977 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059612
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768460
West Union Herald (from 1885)
- Years of publication: 1885 to 1900
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Union Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059610
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768430
West Union Herald (from 190?)
- Years of publication: 190? to 1973
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Union Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092540
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13681319
West Union Observer (from 1874)
- Years of publication: 1874 to 187?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Union Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84037881
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11117158
West Union Record (from 1878)
- Years of publication: 1878 to 1977
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Union Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85059611
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768446

Newspapers Neighboring West Union ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Union.

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

Published In Pennsboro [Ritchie County] ...
- The Pennsboro News (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pennsboro News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092290
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201870
Published In Harrisville [Ritchie County] ...
- Cairo Standard (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cairo Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092293
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201508
- Ritchie Gazette And The Cairo Standard (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ritchie Gazette And The Cairo Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092294
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201534
- Ritchie Standard (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ritchie Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092292
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201498
- The Gazette (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201288
- The Ritchie Gazette (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ritchie Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038343
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11275833
- The Ritchie Press (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ritchie Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14471520
- The West Virginia Star (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026800
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10679076
Published In Middlebourne [Tyler County] ...
- The Tyler County News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tyler County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092369
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291342
- The West Virginia Echo (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Virginia Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092363
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291316

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Union) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Union. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2966, Longitude: -80.7770