Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Chapel Hill. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Chapel Hill.

Newspapers Neighboring Chapel Hill ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Chapel Hill.

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

Published In Waynesboro [Wayne County] ...
- The Wayne County News (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wayne County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065502
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10479164
- The Waynesboro Beacon (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Waynesboro Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16566841
Published In Bladon Springs [Choctaw County] ...
- Bladon Springs Herald (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1874
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bladon Springs Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11638643
Published In Clara [Wayne County] ...
- The Wayne County Observer (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wayne County Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065011
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19488034
Published In Chatom ...
- The Call-News Dispatch (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Call-News Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050266
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16505774
Published In Shubuta [Clarke County] ...
- The Mississippi Messenger (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mississippi Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17694393
- The Shubuta Times (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to 1875
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shubuta Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95068611
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32880537
- Weekly Southern Republic (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Southern Republic
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065606
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16308440
Published In Fruitdale ...
- Fruitdale Herald (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fruitdale Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050263
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16505342

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapel Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6935, Longitude: -88.4403 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).