Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Houston 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 Houston. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Houston. Our list contains 63 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Houston.

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 Houston.  

Newspapers Neighboring Houston ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Houston.

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

• Published In Mooresville [Iredell County] ...
  • Mooresville Tribune (from 1940)
    • Years of publication:  1940 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mooresville Tribune
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93064785
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13222781
  • The Iredell Gazette (from 1878)
    • Years of publication:  1878 to 1880
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Iredell Gazette
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85042018
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11630966
  • The Mooresville Enterprise (from 189?)
    • Years of publication:  189? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Mooresville Enterprise
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93064798
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29547066
  • The Mooresville Record (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 Mooresville Record
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98058946
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40965783
  • The News Leader (from 1938)
    • Years of publication:  1938 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The News Leader
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99061513
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41405891
  • The Record-Times (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 Record-Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98058945
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 40965834
  • The Rounder And The News Leader (from 1937)
    • Published during 1937
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Rounder And The News Leader
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99061512
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41401673
• Published In Barium Springs [Iredell County] ...
  • Barium Messenger (from 1923)
    • Years of publication:  1923 to 2014
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Barium Messenger
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068217
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11055953
  • Our Fatherless Ones (from 18??)
    • Years of publication:  18?? to 1923
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Our Fatherless Ones
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068216
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 11055909
• Published In China Grove  ...
  • China Grove Dart (from 1890)
    • The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the China Grove Dart
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN98058819
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 39327425
  • The Rowan Record (from 1909)
    • Years of publication:  1909 to 1920
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Rowan Record
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068268
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24231936
• Published In Cool Springs [Iredell County] ...
  • The Cool Spring Pen (from 1878)
    • Years of publication:  1878 to 18??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Cool Spring Pen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99061547
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 43577809
• Published In Statesville [Iredell County] ...
  • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Statesville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Statesville
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Houston. This extended list includes all the papers from Statesville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Houston
• Published In Cooleemee [Davie County] ...
  • Erwin Chatter (from 1944)
    • Years of publication:  1944 to 1954
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Erwin Chatter
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97064590
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38159138
  • The Cooleemee Journal (from 1908)
    • Years of publication:  1908 to 1971
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Cooleemee Journal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93064744
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27471704
• Published In Kannapolis  ...
  • The Daily Independent (from 193?)
    • Years of publication:  193? to 1996
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Daily Independent
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93064735
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27404140
  • The Independent (from 1929)
    • Years of publication:  1929 to 193?
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Independent
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99061551
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 43693610
• Published In Salisbury  ...
  • We know of 63 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Salisbury. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Salisbury
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Houston. This extended list includes all the papers from Salisbury. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Houston

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/