Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Halifax.
Our newspaper information for Halifax 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Halifax. In addition, the list contains another 49 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Halifax. In total, we've identified 55 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Halifax.
Newspapers Published In Halifax ...
We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Halifax:
- Halifax Compiler (from 1818)
- Halifax Minerva (from 1829)
- Roanoke Advocate And State Rights Banner (from 1833)
- Roanoke Advocate (from 1830)
- Roanoke Republican (from 1842)
- The North-Carolina Journal (from 1792)
Newspapers Neighboring Halifax ...
The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Halifax.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Halifax.
- Published In Weldon ...
- Railroad Ticket (from 1874)
- The N.C. Republican, And Civil Rights Advocate (from 1884)
- The North Carolina Patriot (from 185?)
- The Roanoke News (from 1867)
- The Semi-Weekly State (from 186?)
- The Weldon Leader (from 1900)
- The Weldon Patriot (from 185?)
- Published In Enfield ...
- Enfield Ledger And Planters' Friend (from 1900)
- Enfield Progress (from 1938)
- Enfield Progress (from 1983)
- The Enfield Progress (from 1887)
- The Enfield Sentinel (from 1880)
- The Enfield Times (from 1872)
- The Progress (from 1905)
- Published In Jackson [Northampton County] ...
- Northampton Progress (from 191?)
- The Jackson News (from 1926)
- The Northampton County News (from 1949)
- The Northampton Enterprise (from 1930)
- Published In Roanoke Rapids ...
- Daily Herald (from 1949)
- Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald (from 1948)
- Roanoke Rapids Herald (from 1914)
- Published In Lasker [Northampton County] ...
- Published In Scotland Neck ...
- Commonwealth Progress (from 1995)
- Halifax County This Week (from 1976)
- Scotland Neck Commonwealth (from 1929)
- Scotland Neck News And The Commonwealth (from 1929)
- The Commonwealth (from 1882)
- The Commonwealth (from 1896)
- The Democrat (from 1884)
- Published In Whitakers [Edgecombe County] ...
- The Rattler (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 Rattler
- Holdings for: LCCN 2014236873
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 875922388
- Published In Rich Square [Northampton County] ...
- Roanoke Valley Sun (from 1959)
- Roanoke-Chowan Times (from 1899)
- Published In Littleton ...
- The Littleton Courier (from 1892)
- The Littleton News (from 1937)
- The Littleton Observer (from 1955)
- The Littleton Times (from 1905)
- The News Reporter (from 1896)
- The Times-Herald (from 1906)
- The True Reformer (from 1899)
- The True Reformer (from 1899)
- The Visitor (from 1902)
- The Warren-Halifax Times (from 1918)
- Published In Potecasi [Northampton County] ...
- Roanoke Patron (from 18??)
- Published In Battleboro [Edgecombe County] ...
- Battleboro Advance (from 1870)
- The Battleboro Progress (from 18??)
- Published In Emporia [Emporia City] ...
- Emporia Virginian (from 1892)
- Independent-Messenger (from 1919)
- The Greensville Mirror (from 1961)
- Virginia Farmer (from 1898)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Halifax. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Halifax County: www.halifaxnc.com/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halifax) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halifax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3255, Longitude: -77.5901 In this case, the coordinates for Halifax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |