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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Dark Ridge 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 Dark Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Dark Ridge. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Dark Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Dark Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Dark Ridge.

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

  • Published In Banner Elk  ...
  • Published In Newland  ...
    • Avery County News (from 1951)
    • Avery Journal (from 1959)
    • Avery Scenic Press (from 194?)
    • The Avery Herald (from 193?)
    • The Avery Post (from 1954)
  • Published In Boone [Watauga County] ...
  • Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
    • Sundown Times (from 1978)
    • The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)

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- Dark Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dark Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2240, Longitude: -81.9393       In this case, the coordinates for Dark Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).