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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Little Switzerland 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 Little Switzerland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Little Switzerland. Our list contains 36 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Little Switzerland.

Newspapers Neighboring Little Switzerland ...

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

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

  • Published In Spruce Pine [Mitchell County] ...
  • Published In Bakersville [Mitchell County] ...
  • Published In Burnsville [Yancey County] ...
  • Published In Marion  ...
    • Marion Progress (from 1909)
    • Marion Record (from 18??)
    • McDowell Democrat (from 1896)
    • Mountain Mercury (from 1863)
    • The Express (from 19??)
    • The Lamp Post (from 188?)
    • The McDowell News (from 1923)
    • The Messenger (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Messenger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068692
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24624099
    • The Western Enterprise (from 1862)
  • Published In Old Fort  ...
  • 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)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Little Switzerland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Switzerland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Switzerland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8493, Longitude: -82.0904       In this case, the coordinates for Little Switzerland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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