Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Widen.
Our newspaper information for Widen 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Widen. In addition, the list contains another 18 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Widen. In total, we've identified 19 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Widen.
Newspapers Published In Widen ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Widen area:
- The Widen News (from 1920)
Newspapers Neighboring Widen ...
The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Widen.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Widen.
- Published In Clay ...
- Clay County Free Press (from 1905)
- The Clay Messenger (from 1883)
- The Elk Examiner (from 1983)
- Published In Summersville [Nicholas County] ...
- The Nicholas County Local (from 1876)
- Published In Gassaway [Braxton County] ...
- The Gassaway Era (from 1906)
- The Gassaway Review (from 1917)
- The Gassaway Times (from 1909)
- The News Record (from 1943)
- Published In Sutton [Braxton County] ...
- Advocate-Herald (from 1917)
- Braxton Citizen's News (from 1976)
- Methodist Advocate (from 1915)
- Methodist Episcopal Advocate (from 1896)
- Methodist Layman's Herald (from 1910)
- The Braxton Central (from 1882)
- The Braxton Democrat-central (from 1982)
- The Tri-State Advocate (from 1928)
- Western Virginia Christian Advocate (from 1901)
- Western Virginia Methodist Advocate (from 1901)
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Widen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Widen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4639, Longitude: -80.8608 In this case, the coordinates for Widen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |