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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Laurel Park 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 Laurel Park. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Laurel Park. Our list contains 23 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Laurel Park.

Newspapers Neighboring Laurel Park ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Laurel Park.

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

  • Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
    • Sundown Times (from 1978)
    • The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)
  • Published In Boone  ...
  • Published In Banner Elk [Avery County] ...
  • Published In Newland [Avery County] ...
    • Avery County News (from 1951)
    • Avery Journal (from 1959)
    • Avery Scenic Press (from 194?)
    • The Avery Herald (from 193?)
    • The Avery Post (from 1954)
  • Published In Lenoir [Caldwell County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Laurel Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurel Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1246, Longitude: -81.6809       In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).