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 ...
- Ashe County Journal (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ashe County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99061542
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43440280
- The Jefferson Times (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jefferson Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073206
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26846402
- The Little Wonder Weekly (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Little Wonder Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064620
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39193411
- The Skyland Post (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Skyland Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073203
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26846419
Published In Jefferson ...
- Mountain Messenger (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1875
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026436
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10438745
- The Ashe Recorder (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ashe Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99061544
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43440258
- The Ashe Reporter (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ashe Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068438
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24648764
- The Jefferson Recorder (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jefferson Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064740
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27422702
- The Northwestern Herald (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Northwestern Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99061543
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43440241
- The Western Herald (from 1899)
  - The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Western Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068437
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24648832
Published In Boone [Watauga County] ...
- The Highland Journal (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highland Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064588
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38165789
- The Watauga Enterprise (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Watauga Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064580
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38072151
- The Watauga Journal (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Watauga Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064579
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38072060
- Watauga Democrat (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to current
  - Issues available online: 1707
  - Scanned issues: August 22, 1888 to December 28, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Watauga Democrat
  - Holdings: LCCN SN82007642
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8924309
  - ISSN Number: 0745-1903
Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
- Sundown Times (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sundown Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95072337
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33926157
- The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)
  - Years of publication: 1932 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blowing Rocket
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068206
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23858420
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)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pearson's Paper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068505
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24949115
- The Fool-Killer (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fool-Killer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068504
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24949080
Published In North Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
- Carter's Weekly (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Carter's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92072930
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25194097
- Newsworld (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Newsworld
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27004385
- North Wilkesboro News (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the North Wilkesboro News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92072941
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25258019
- The Hustler (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hustler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92072937
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25193821
- The Journal-Patriot (from 1932)
  - Years of publication: 1932 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Journal-Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042127
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11801152
- The North Wilkesboro Hustler (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The North Wilkesboro Hustler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92072938
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25194036
- The Wilkes Journal (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wilkes Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92072931
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25194130
- The Wilkes Journal (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wilkes Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073204
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26865211
- The Wilkes Record (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wilkes Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065777
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27762330
Published In Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
- The Chronicle (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073178
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26471062
- The Index (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042233
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11965368
- The Mountain Breeze (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Breeze
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073169
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26515477

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Ashe County: www.ashecountygov.com/

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

Footnotes ...

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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- 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).