Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ballard 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 Ballard. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ballard. Our list contains 60 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ballard.

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 Ballard.

Newspapers Neighboring Ballard ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Ballard.

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

Published In Williamston ...
- Democratic Banner (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Democratic Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073902
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25106485
- The Enterprise (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073995
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13368525
- The Martin County Times (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Martin County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073901
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25061226
- Williamston Expositor (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Williamston Expositor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073903
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25106468
- Williamston Mercury (from 1859)
  - Published during 1859
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Williamston Mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073904
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25106434
Published In Robersonville ...
- The Weekly Herald (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064612
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291862
Published In Windsor [Bertie County] ...
- Bertie County Ledger (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1930
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bertie County Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058249
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30879987
- Bertie Ledger-Advance (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bertie Ledger-Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073963
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13118314
- Ledger-Advance (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ledger-Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058247
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30877165
- The Albemarle Times (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1876
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Albemarle Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026914
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12737480
- The Orient (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 Orient
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073958
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25416435
- The Windsor Herald, And Bertie County Register (from 183?)
  - Years of publication: 183? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Windsor Herald, And Bertie County Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073959
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25416604
- The Windsor Ledger (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Windsor Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058248
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30879024
- Windsor Ledger (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Windsor Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073962
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25486307
- Windsor Public Ledger (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1889
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Windsor Public Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073961
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25479250
Published In Bethel [Pitt County] ...
- Southern Voice (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southern Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068277
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24228746
- The Bethel Post (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bethel Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058909
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40854548
Published In Scotland Neck [Halifax County] ...
- Commonwealth Progress (from 1995)
  - Years of publication: 1995 to 199?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Commonwealth Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95072305
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32294238
- Halifax County This Week (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Halifax County This Week
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064528
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37265276
- Scotland Neck Commonwealth (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scotland Neck Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073910
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13264846
- Scotland Neck News And The Commonwealth (from 1929)
  - Published during 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scotland Neck News And The Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073909
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25107353
- The Commonwealth (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073906
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25107269
- The Commonwealth (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073908
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25107331
- The Democrat (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073907
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25107305
Published In Tarboro [Edgecombe County] ...
- We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tarboro. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tarboro
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ballard. This extended list includes all the papers from Tarboro. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ballard
Published In Aulander [Bertie County] ...
- Aulander Advance (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Aulander Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058250
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30878931
- The Advance (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1930
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058251
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30878995
Published In Plymouth [Washington County] ...
- Roanoke Cresset (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Roanoke Cresset
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068721
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24726804
- The Old Flag (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Old Flag
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042116
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11794745
- The Plymouth Banner (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 185?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Plymouth Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026805
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12604022
- The Plymouth News (from 1849)
  - Years of publication: 1849 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Plymouth News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068717
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24682458
- The Roanoke Beacon And The Washington County News (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1959
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roanoke Beacon And The Washington County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26101629
- The Roanoke Beacon (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roanoke Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26101605
- The Roanoke Beacon (from 1959)
  - Years of publication: 1959 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roanoke Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074057
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26101652
- The Washington County Times (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Washington County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99061516
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41401018
Published In Greenville [Pitt County] ...
- Daily Reflector (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily Reflector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063817
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13338961
- Greenville Daily News (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1920
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenville Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068386
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24534473
- Greenville News-Leader (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 1944
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenville News-Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058208
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29903804
- Greenville News (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068387
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24534487
- King's Dollar Daily (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the King's Dollar Daily
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24529834
- King's Weekly (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the King's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068380
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24529761
- King's Weekly (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the King's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068382
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24529872
- The 'M' Voice (from 1987)
  - Years of publication: 1987 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The 'M' Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058958
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34374790
- The Carolina Home And Farm And The Eastern Reflector (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carolina Home And Farm And The Eastern Reflector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058209
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30604208
- The Democratic Standard (from 1884)
  - The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democratic Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99061505
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41297218
- The Express (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073104
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26036358
- The Greenville Express (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenville Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042107
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11751644
- The Greenville Index (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1895
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenville Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068379
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24529734
- The Reflector (from 1882)
  - Published during 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Reflector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058221
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30604078
- The Tar River Beacon (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tar River Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026793
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12594306

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Martin County: www.martincountyncgov.com

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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- Ballard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ballard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9038, Longitude: -77.1488 In this case, the coordinates for Ballard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).