''Spirit of Jefferson'' is an independent, weekly newspaper covering Charles Town and

Jefferson County, West Virginia Jefferson County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,701. Its county seat is Charles T ...

. Originally two separate papers, ''The Spirit of Jefferson'', first published in 1844, and ''The Farmer's Advocate'', first published in 1890. were both sold to Ralph Dorsey in 1935. In 1948, the two papers were merged. It is the longest-running newspaper in West Virginia.Library of Congress "About Spirit of Jefferson"
Retrieved on 25 January 2018.

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''Spirit of Jefferson'' website
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