Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morganton 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morganton. In addition, the list contains another 31 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morganton. In total, we've identified 32 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Morganton.

Newspapers Published In Morganton ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Morganton area:

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

Newspapers Neighboring Morganton ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Morganton.

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

Published In 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
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 Blairsville [Union County] ...
- Blairsville Free Press (from 1896)
  - The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blairsville Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21863450
- Northeast Georgian (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Northeast Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099107
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23182761
- The Blairsville Herald (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blairsville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053351
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19416670
- The Georgia Democrat (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Georgia Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052034
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21863437
- The Mountaineer (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountaineer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099108
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23225442
- The North Georgia News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The North Georgia News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053348
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19346950
- Union County Banner (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Union County Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23225453
- Union County Citizen (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Union County Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052440
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21863456
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
Published In Murphy [Cherokee County] ...
- Cherokee Herald (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cherokee Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026791
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12593381
- Cherokee Scout (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Cherokee Scout
  - Holdings: LCCN SN83004710
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10012322
  - ISSN Number: 0746-3987
- Murphy Bulletin (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Murphy Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068697
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24648835
- The Cherokee Scout And Clay County Progress (from 1961)
  - Years of publication: 1961 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cherokee Scout And Clay County Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95072291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31883056
- The Cherokee Scout (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cherokee Scout
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95072292
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31884523
- The Murphy Advance (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Murphy Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068698
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24648864

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morganton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morganton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8753, Longitude: -84.2445