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 4 papers that were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Chapel Hill.

Newspapers Neighboring Chapel Hill ...

The following newspapers were published within 4 miles [6.4 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 Douglasville ...
- Douglas County News (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Douglas County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052245
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21655487
- Douglas County Sentinel (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Douglas County Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053643
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19717829
- The Can Opener (from 1924)
  - Published during 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Can Opener
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052244
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21655536
- The Weekly Star (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074135
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25555784

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- 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: 33.6862, Longitude: -84.7158 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).