Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for The Rock 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 The Rock. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding The Rock. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of The Rock.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for The Rock.

Newspapers Neighboring The Rock ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of The Rock.

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

Published In Barnesville [Lamar County] ...
- The Barnesville Gazette (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Barnesville Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053227
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287263
- The Barnesville Herald And News Gazette (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Barnesville Herald And News Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053225
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287277
- The Barnesville News-Gazette (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Barnesville News-Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053226
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287269
- The Barnesville Patriot (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Barnesville Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033993
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12359129
- The Barnesville Weekly Gazette (from 186?)
  - Years of publication: 186? to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Barnesville Weekly Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034006
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12367735
- The Daily Gazette (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22190983
- The Herald-Gazette (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald-Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053224
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287309
- The News-Gazette (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News-Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287247
- The Orthodox Democrat (from 1885)
  - The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orthodox Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052081
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22191016
- The Pike County News (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pike County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090020
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15229749
- The Weekly Gazette (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053229
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19287243
Published In Thomaston ...
- Georgia Herald (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 1870
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Georgia Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053146
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13211339
- Middle Georgia Times (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1886
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Middle Georgia Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052162
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21180147
- The Backwoodsman And Upson Yeoman (from 1834)
  - Years of publication: 1834 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Backwoodsman And Upson Yeoman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052186
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21347221
- The Free Press (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053347
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19338808
- The Hickory Nut And Upson Vigil (from 1833)
  - Years of publication: 1833 to 1834
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hickory Nut And Upson Vigil
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85054333
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11777228
- The Thomaston Herald (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Thomaston Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034177
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12515329
- The Thomaston Times And The Free Press (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 2000
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Thomaston Times And The Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053345
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19334376
- The Thomaston Times (from 2000)
  - Years of publication: 2000 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Thomaston Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2008266905
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 276760858
- The Thomaston Times (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Thomaston Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053349
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19346985
- The Upson Home Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Upson Home Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000583
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11687169
- Upson Enterprise (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Upson Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053350
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19357074
- Upson Independent News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Upson Independent News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052283
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21965095
- Upson Pilot (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Upson Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034395
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12766003
Published In Zebulon [Pike County] ...
- Pike County Journal And Reporter (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Journal And Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053260
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536429
- Pike County Journal (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22190960
- Pike County Times-Journal (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Times-Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22190901
- Pike County Times (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pike County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052438
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21930440
- Reporter (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052079
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22190935
- The Pike County Journal (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pike County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053259
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536459
Published In Forsyth [Monroe County] ...
- Educational Journal (from 1857)
  - Years of publication: 1857 to 1863
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Educational Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94055662
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31508167
- The Bee (from 1848)
  - The first year of publication was in 1848, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bee
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053376
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19873603
- The Little Georgian (from 184?)
  - The first year of publication was in 184?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Little Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053831
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20645886
- The Monroe Advertiser (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Monroe Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034048
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12382744
- The Monroe Advertiser (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to 1986
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Monroe Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053681
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19908584
- The Monroe County Reporter (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Monroe County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053682
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19908503
Published In Griffin [Spalding County] ...
- We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Griffin. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Griffin
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of The Rock. This extended list includes all the papers from Griffin. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for The Rock
Published In Roberta [Crawford County] ...
- Crawford County News (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Crawford County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19231984
- The Crawford County Correspondent (from 1892)
  - Published during 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Crawford County Correspondent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053112
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19231863
Published In Manchester [Meriwether County] ...
- Manchester Star-mercury (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Manchester Star-mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19933368
- Patriot-Citizen (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 2001
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Patriot-Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053310
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19755645
- Star Mercury (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Star Mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053193
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19933292
- The Manchester Star And The Manchester Mercury (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Manchester Star And The Manchester Mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053191
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19928619
- The Manchester Star-mercury (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1978
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Manchester Star-mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053192
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19933189
- The Manchester Star (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Manchester Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053189
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19928435

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 from Point A (ie- The Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9640, Longitude: -84.2410 In this case, the coordinates for The Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).