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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Idlewild 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 Idlewild. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Idlewild. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Idlewild.

Newspapers Neighboring Idlewild ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Idlewild.

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

  • Published In West Jefferson  ...
  • Published In Jefferson  ...
  • Published In Boone [Watauga County] ...
  • Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
    • Sundown Times (from 1978)
    • The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)
  • Published In Boomer [Wilkes County] ...
    • Good News (from 1917)
      • Years of publication:  1917 to 1919
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Good News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068503
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24949064
    • Pearson's Paper (from 1923)
    • The Fool-Killer (from 1919)
  • Published In North Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
  • Published In Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
    • The Chronicle (from 188?)
    • The Index (from 1879)
    • The Mountain Breeze (from 1887)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Idlewild) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idlewild. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2893, Longitude: -81.4462       In this case, the coordinates for Idlewild have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).