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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oak Ridge. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Oak Ridge.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Ridge.  

Newspapers Neighboring Oak Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Oak Ridge.

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

  • Published In Hillsborough  ...
  • Published In Durham [Durham County] ...
    • We know of 44 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Durham. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Durham
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Oak Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Durham. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Ridge
  • Published In Chapel Hill  ...
    • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chapel Hill. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Chapel Hill
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Oak Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Chapel Hill. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Ridge
  • Published In Mebane [Alamance County] ...

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- Oak Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0740, Longitude: -79.0547       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).