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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Five Points 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 Five Points. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Five Points. Our list contains 43 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Five Points.

Newspapers Neighboring Five Points ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Five Points.

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

  • Published In Benson  ...
    • Eastern News (from 1920)
    • The Benson Review (from 19??)
  • Published In Dunn [Harnett County] ...
  • Published In Four Oaks  ...
  • Published In Erwin [Harnett County] ...
  • Published In Smithfield  ...
  • Published In Buies Creek [Harnett County] ...
    • Creek Pebbles (from 1926)
  • Published In Falcon [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Angier [Harnett County] ...
  • Published In Selma  ...
  • Published In Lillington [Harnett County] ...
  • Published In Clayton  ...
    • The Clayton Bud (from 1883)
    • The Clayton News (from 1911)
  • Published In Princeton  ...

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- Five Points) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Points. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3502, Longitude: -78.4870       In this case, the coordinates for Five Points have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).