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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Blairsville 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Blairsville. In addition, the list contains another 23 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Blairsville. In total, we've identified 31 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blairsville.

Newspapers Published In Blairsville ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Blairsville:

Newspapers Neighboring Blairsville ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Blairsville.

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

  • Published In Young Harris [Towns County] ...
  • Published In Hiawassee [Towns County] ...
  • Published In Hayesville [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Murphy [Cherokee County] ...
  • Published In Morganton [Fannin County] ...
    • Morganton News (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Morganton News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90052058
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21921322
  • Published In Blue Ridge [Fannin County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blairsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blairsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8763, Longitude: -83.9581