Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Blue Ridge 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Ridge. In addition, the list contains another 11 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Blue Ridge. In total, we've identified 18 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Blue Ridge.

Newspapers Published In Blue Ridge ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Blue Ridge:

Fannin County Times (from 1931)
- Years of publication: 1931 to 1970
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Fannin County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053531
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20282167
News Observer (from 1990)
- Years of publication: 1990 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the News Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91099149
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24220685
Southern World (from 1889)
- Years of publication: 1889 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Southern World
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052345
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21426924
The Blue Ridge Post (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blue Ridge Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053846
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20750833
The Blue Ridge Summit-Post (from 191?)
- Years of publication: 191? to 1988
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blue Ridge Summit-Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052212
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21430955
The News-Herald (from 1973)
- Years of publication: 1973 to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News-Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86001625
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13783622
The Observer (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052139
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21094584

Newspapers Neighboring Blue Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Blue Ridge.

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

Published In Morganton ...
- 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 McCaysville ...
- The McCaysville Citizen (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The McCaysville Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053097
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19099833
Published In Copperhill [Polk County] ...
- Citizen-Advance (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Citizen-Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069902
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40399103
- Copper City Advance (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Copper City Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19073761
- The Copperhill News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Copperhill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19027925
Published In Ducktown [Polk County] ...
- The Polk County Republican (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Polk County Republican
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89058068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19033790
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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8647, Longitude: -84.3239