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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Black Mountain 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Black Mountain. In addition, the list contains another 86 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Black Mountain. In total, we've identified 89 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Black Mountain.

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 Black Mountain.  

Newspapers Published In Black Mountain ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Black Mountain:

Newspapers Neighboring Black Mountain ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Black Mountain.

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

  • Published In Old Fort [McDowell County] ...
  • Published In Asheville  ...
    • We know of 84 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Asheville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Asheville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Black Mountain. This extended list includes all the papers from Asheville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Black Mountain
  • Published In Barnardsville  ...
    • The Junior Times (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Junior Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98058955
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41242162
    • The Times (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98058956
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41242127

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Black Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6178, Longitude: -82.3206