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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bethel 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bethel. In addition, the list contains another 50 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bethel. In total, we've identified 52 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Bethel.

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 Bethel.  

Newspapers Published In Bethel ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Bethel:

  • Southern Voice (from 18??)
  • The Bethel Post (from 1951)

Newspapers Neighboring Bethel ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Bethel.

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

  • Published In Robersonville [Martin County] ...
    • The Weekly Herald (from 191?)
  • 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Bethel. 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 Bethel
  • Published In Greenville  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Bethel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bethel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8079, Longitude: -77.3757