Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakland 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 Oakland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oakland. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Oakland.

Newspapers Neighboring Oakland ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Oakland.

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

Published In Cashiers [Jackson County] ...
- Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 1989
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84008414
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10743140
- Crossroads Chronicle (from 1989)
  - Years of publication: 1989 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Crossroads Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058238
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31096982
- The Cashiers Chronicle (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cashiers Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074043
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25860767
Published In Highlands [Jackson County] ...
- Blue Ridge Enterprise (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blue Ridge Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068715
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24682517
- No 4 (from 188?)
  - The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the No 4
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064565
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37710434
- The Highlander, Macon County And Western North Carolina Advertiser (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highlander, Macon County And Western North Carolina Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068716
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24682490
- The Highlander (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highlander
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074039
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25732303
- The Highlands Maconian (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highlands Maconian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058266
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31299048
- The Highlands Star (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highlands Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99068166
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42699158
- The Star (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064566
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37710464
Published In Brevard ...
- Brevard News (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Brevard News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074063
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26101553
- Sylvan Valley News (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sylvan Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24015051
- The Brevard Hustler (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Brevard Hustler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068111
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24222914
- The Brevard Leader (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Brevard Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95072328
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32849688
- The Transylvania Hustler (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Transylvania Hustler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24222982
- The Transylvania Times (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Transylvania Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068098
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13285957

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1134, Longitude: -82.9754 In this case, the coordinates for Oakland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).