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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Leander 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 Leander. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Leander. Our list contains 17 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Leander.

Newspapers Neighboring Leander ...

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

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

  • Published In Banner Elk [Avery County] ...
  • Published In Boone  ...
  • Published In Mountain City [Johnson County] ...
  • Published In Blowing Rock [Caldwell County] ...
    • Sundown Times (from 1978)
    • The Blowing Rocket (from 1932)
  • 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)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leander) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leander. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2865, Longitude: -81.8587       In this case, the coordinates for Leander have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).