Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Afton 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 Afton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Afton. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Afton.

Newspapers Neighboring Afton ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Afton.

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

Published In Dawsonville ...
- Dawson County News (from 1956)
  - Years of publication: 1956 to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dawson County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523951
- The Cosmopolite (from 192?)
  - Published during 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cosmopolite
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523939
- The Dawson County Advertiser And Dawson County News (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to 1999
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dawson County Advertiser And Dawson County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053049
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523968
- The Dawson County Advertiser (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dawson County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053048
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523962
- The Dawson County Advertiser (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dawson County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053050
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523943
- The Dawsonville News (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dawsonville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523971
- The Monitor (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523975
- The Mountain Chronicle (from 1879)
  - The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19523977
Published In Jasper [Pickens County] ...
- Jasper News (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Jasper News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053223
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602755
- Mountain Boys (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 1885
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain Boys
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053222
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602721
- Pickens County Progress (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pickens County Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053221
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602646
- The Pickens County Herald (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickens County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053220
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602609
- The Piedmont Republican (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053218
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602699
- The Republican (from 1893)
  - The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053219
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19602673
Published In Auraria [Lumpkin County] ...
- The Western Herald (from 1833)
  - The first year of publication was in 1833, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Western Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053249
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17937061
Published In Dahlonega [Lumpkin County] ...
- Daily Signal (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053255
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19505920
- The Advertiser (from 1876)
  - Published during 1876
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053251
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19506114
- The Dahlonega Nugget (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dahlonega Nugget
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88061212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18486914
- The Dahlonega Signal (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dahlonega Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053254
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19505884
- The Dahlonega Watchman (from 184?)
  - The first year of publication was in 184?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dahlonega Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053248
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19505938
- The Mountain Signal (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 1876
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN82014934
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8805102
- The Mountain Signal (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053253
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19506310
- The Signal-Advertiser (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1877
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Signal-Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053252
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19506016
Published In Ellijay [Gilmer County] ...
- The Courier-Sentinel (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier-Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053242
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19728692
- The Ellijay Courier (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellijay Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12936889
- The Ellijay Times
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellijay Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2008233489
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 225140699
- The Gilmer County News (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gilmer County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2008233663
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 228011691
- Times-Courier (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Times-Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053236
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19728727
Published In Cumming [Forsyth County] ...
- The Clarion (from 1875)
  - The first year of publication was in 1875, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090942
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15229648
- The Cumming Clarion (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cumming Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12936977
- The Forsyth County News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Forsyth County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84007709
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10639106
- The Forum (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to 1994
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Forum
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29525852
- The North Georgian (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The North Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053931
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20970241

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Dawson County: www.dawsoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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- Afton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5004, Longitude: -84.2455 In this case, the coordinates for Afton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).