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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lavonia 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lavonia. In addition, the list contains another 14 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lavonia. In total, we've identified 20 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Lavonia.

Newspapers Published In Lavonia ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lavonia:

Newspapers Neighboring Lavonia ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Lavonia.

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

  • Published In Carnesville  ...
  • Published In Royston  ...
    • The News Leader (from 1978)
    • The Royston Record (from 19??)
  • Published In Hartwell [Hart County] ...
    • Hartwell Messenger (from 1859)
    • The Hartwell Sun (from 1879)
    • The Sun (from 1876)
      • Years of publication:  1876 to 1879
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053067
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19617262
  • Published In Westminster [Oconee County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lavonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lavonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4358, Longitude: -83.1077       In this case, the coordinates for Lavonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).