Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elon 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 Elon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Elon. Our list contains 8 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Elon.

Newspapers Neighboring Elon ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Elon.

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

Published In Piedmont ...
- Piedmont Inquirer (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Piedmont Inquirer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044933
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12485012
- Piedmont Journal (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Piedmont Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045012
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12715810
- The Journal-Independent (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Journal-Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045014
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12715821
- The Piedmont Journal-Independent (from 1982)
  - Years of publication: 1982 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont Journal-Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045013
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12715815
- The Piedmont Journal-Independent (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont Journal-Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050247
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18957493
- The Piedmont News (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12688784
- The Piedmont Post (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044878
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12438798
Published In Columbus City [Marshall County] ...
- The Columbus City Journal (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Columbus City Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044684
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12077107

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 from Point A (ie- Elon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5429, Longitude: -86.4689 In this case, the coordinates for Elon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).