Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jefferson.
Our newspaper information for Jefferson 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 Jefferson. In addition, the list contains another 13 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jefferson. In total, we've identified 19 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Jefferson.
Newspapers Published In Jefferson ...
We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jefferson:
- Mountain Messenger (from 1871)
- The Ashe Recorder (from 191?)
- The Ashe Reporter (from 189?)
- The Jefferson Recorder (from 1902)
- The Northwestern Herald (from 1924)
- The Western Herald (from 1899)
Newspapers Neighboring Jefferson ...
The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Jefferson.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Jefferson.
- Published In West Jefferson ...
- Ashe County Journal (from 1929)
- The Jefferson Times (from 1978)
- The Little Wonder Weekly (from 19??)
- The Skyland Post (from 193?)
- Published In Boone [Watauga County] ...
- The Highland Journal (from 1984)
- The Watauga Enterprise (from 1888)
- The Watauga Journal (from 1887)
- Watauga Democrat (from 1888)
- Published In Mountain City [Johnson County] ...
- Johnson County Bulletin (from 1948)
- Johnson County News-Bulletin (from 1951)
- Johnson County News (from 191?)
- Tennessee Tomahawk (from 188?)
- The Tomahawk (from 1954)
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- Jefferson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jefferson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4205, Longitude: -81.4739 |