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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fontana Dam 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 Fontana Dam. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Fontana Dam. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Fontana Dam.

Newspapers Neighboring Fontana Dam ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Fontana Dam.

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

  • Published In Robbinsville  ...
    • Graham County News (from 193?)
    • The Independent (from 1991)
  • Published In Andrews [Cherokee County] ...
    • Andrews Sun (from 19??)
    • The Andrews Journal (from 1959)
    • The Andrews Record
    • The Junaluska Journal (from 193?)
    • Tri-County News (from 191?)
  • Published In Bryson City [Swain County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fontana Dam) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fontana Dam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4340, Longitude: -83.8250