Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Elizabethtown. In total, we've identified 30 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Elizabethtown.

Newspapers Published In Elizabethtown ...

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

Cape Fear Lance (from 1898)
- Years of publication: 1898 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Cape Fear Lance
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068107
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24222871
The Beacon (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068108
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24222840
The Bladen County News (from 1910)
- Years of publication: 1910 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Bladen County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98058900
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40854581

Newspapers Neighboring Elizabethtown ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Elizabethtown.

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

Published In Clarkton ...
- The Clarkton Express (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clarkton Express
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26569468
Published In Whiteville [Columbus County] ...
- The Afro-Chronicle (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Afro-Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98062570
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40157836
- The Columbus News-Times
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Columbus News-Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073999
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608850
- The Columbus News (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 Columbus News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073998
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608766
- The Columbus Press (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Columbus Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608919
- The News Reporter (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042236
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11966287
- The News-Reporter (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News-Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053848
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20858892
- The News (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073997
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608500
Published In Lumberton [Robeson County] ...
- Robco News (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Robco News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074085
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26619471
- The Argus (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068189
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24611039
- The Lumberton Argus (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lumberton Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068691
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24611077
- The Lumberton Post (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lumberton Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068710
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24647773
- The Lumberton Voice (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lumberton Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068704
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24647629
- The Post Of Robeson County, The Scottish Chief, Rowland News (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Post Of Robeson County, The Scottish Chief, Rowland News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068714
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24647895
- The Post (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068711
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24647799
- The Robesonian (from 1870)
  - Years of publication: 1870 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Robesonian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026483
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10467669
- The Weekly Argus (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068190
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24611060
Published In Chadbourn [Columbus County] ...
- Chadbourn Messenger (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chadbourn Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074000
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608884
- Columbus County News (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbus County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068067
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24060942
- Columbus Times (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbus Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24117909
- The Chadbourn Herald (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chadbourn Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608606
- The Columbus Industrial Advocate (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Columbus Industrial Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064626
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39193551
- The Columbus News (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Columbus News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074005
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608720
- The Truckers' And Planters' Journal (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 Truckers' And Planters' Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25608649
- The Trucker (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Trucker
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064627
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39196918
Published In Point Caswell [Pender County] ...
- The Amateur Dial (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Amateur Dial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064732
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27306418
- The Caswell Times (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064745
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27471577

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Elizabethtown: www.elizabethtownnc.org/

The official website for Bladen County: www.bladeninfo.net/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elizabethtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elizabethtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6240, Longitude: -78.6104 In this case, the coordinates for Elizabethtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).