Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 18 newspapers that have been published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Higdon. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Citizen-Advance (from 1973)
- Published in Copperhill (TN) [Polk County]
- 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)
- Published in Copperhill (TN) [Polk County]
- 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
Fannin County Times (from 1931)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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
Morganton News (from 1891)
- Published in Morganton [Fannin County]
- 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
News Observer (from 1990)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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 in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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?)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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 Copperhill News (from 19??)
- Published in Copperhill (TN) [Polk County]
- 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
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 McCaysville Citizen (from 19??)
- Published in McCaysville [Fannin County]
- 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
The News-Herald (from 1973)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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??)
- Published in Blue Ridge [Fannin County]
- 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
The Polk County Republican (from 1914)
- Published in Ducktown (TN) [Polk County]
- 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
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Higdon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Higdon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8965, Longitude: -84.4388 In this case, the coordinates for Higdon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).