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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Obids 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 Obids. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Obids. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Obids.

Newspapers Neighboring Obids ...

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

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

  • Published In West Jefferson  ...
  • Published In Jefferson  ...
  • Published In North Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
  • Published In Wilkesboro [Wilkes County] ...
    • The Chronicle (from 188?)
    • The Index (from 1879)
    • The Mountain Breeze (from 1887)
  • Published In Boone [Watauga County] ...
  • Published In Boomer [Wilkes County] ...
    • Good News (from 1917)
      • Years of publication:  1917 to 1919
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Good News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91068503
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24949064
    • Pearson's Paper (from 1923)
    • The Fool-Killer (from 1919)
  • Published In Moravian Falls [Wilkes County] ...
    • Law's Lash (from 1910)
    • The Lash (from 1914)
      • Years of publication:  1914 to 1930
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Lash
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97064564
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37710332
    • The Yellow-Jacket (from 1895)
    • The Yellow-Jacket (from 1895)

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Obids) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Obids. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3087, Longitude: -81.3870       In this case, the coordinates for Obids have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).