Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 11 newspapers that have been published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Gartrell. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Jasper News (from 1885)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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 Courier-Sentinel (from 18??)
- Published in Ellijay [Gilmer County]
- 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)
- Published in Ellijay [Gilmer County]
- 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
- Published in Ellijay [Gilmer County]
- 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)
- Published in Ellijay [Gilmer County]
- 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
The Pickens County Herald (from 1887)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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)
- Published in Jasper [Pickens County]
- 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
Times-Courier (from 1916)
- Published in Ellijay [Gilmer County]
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gartrell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gartrell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5668, Longitude: -84.5083 In this case, the coordinates for Gartrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).