Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Durham.
Our newspaper information for Durham 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 44 papers that were published in the immediate area of Durham. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Durham. In total, we've identified 85 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Durham.
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 Durham.
Newspapers Published In Durham ...
We know of 44 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Durham:
- Carolina Labor News (from 1964)
- Carolina Labor News (from 197?)
- Daily Record (from 1898)
- The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068304
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24293452
- Durham Daily Dispatch (from 1880)
- Durham Daily Recorder (from 1886)
- Durham Daily Sun (from 1889)
- Durham Globe (from 1895)
- The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Durham Globe
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068311
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24350414
- Durham Labor Journal (from 1944)
- Durham Morning Herald (from 1919)
- Durham Tobacco Plant (from 1872)
- Home, Farm And Forest (from 193?)
- Illustrated Southern Educator (from 18??)
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- Indy Week (from 2012)
- Labor News (from 1966)
- Morning Herald (from 1894)
- North Carolina Anvil (from 1967)
- Picture Press And Progress (from 192?)
- Saturday Night (from 1893)
- The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Saturday Night
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93048460
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24293378
- The Carolina Plain Dealer (from 1970)
- The Carolina Times (from 1919)
- The Chronicle (from 1970)
- The Daily Reporter (from 188?)
- The Daily Tobacco Plant (from 1888)
- The Durham County Republican (from 1884)
- The Durham Daily Globe (from 1889)
- The Durham Daily Globe (from 1889)
- The Durham Herald (from 1876)
- The Durham Messenger (from 19??)
- The Durham Sun (from 1913)
- The Durham Weekly Globe (from 188?)
- The Globe-Herald (from 1894)
- The Herald-Sun (from 1991)
- The Independent Weekly (from 1989)
- The Independent Weekly (from 1989)
- The Independent (from 1985)
- The Messenger (from 1929)
- The Morning Herald (from 1896)
- The News Journal And The Durham Messenger (from 19??)
- The North Carolina Independent (from 1983)
- The Public Appeal (from 19??)
- The Sun (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 Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93065734
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27694610
- The Tobacco Plant (from 1886)
- The Truth (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 Truth
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068297
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24293389
- The Union Advocate (from 1939)
Newspapers Neighboring Durham ...
The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Durham.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Durham.
- Published In Chapel Hill [Orange County] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chapel Hill. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chapel Hill
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Durham. This extended list includes all the papers from Chapel Hill. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Durham
- Published In Hillsborough [Orange County] ...
- Hillsboro Recorder (from 1887)
- Hillsborough Plaindealer (from 186?)
- North Carolina Democrat (from 184?)
- Orange County Observer (from 1880)
- The Alliance Weekly (from 189?)
- The Enterprise (from 191?)
- The Golden Rule Watchman And Messenger (from 190?)
- The Hillsborough Recorder (from 1820)
- The Hillsborough Recorder (from 1820)
- The North Carolina Gazette (from 1785)
- The Southern Mail (from 1880)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Durham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Durham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9930, Longitude: -78.8991 |