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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Old Sparta 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 Old Sparta. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Old Sparta. Our list contains 70 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Old Sparta.

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 Old Sparta.  

Newspapers Neighboring Old Sparta ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Old Sparta.

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

  • Published In Tarboro  ...
    • We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tarboro. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tarboro
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Old Sparta. This extended list includes all the papers from Tarboro. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Old Sparta
  • Published In Bethel [Pitt County] ...
    • Southern Voice (from 18??)
    • The Bethel Post (from 1951)
  • Published In Farmville [Pitt County] ...
  • Published In Greenville [Pitt County] ...
  • Published In Elm City [Wilson County] ...
  • Published In Robersonville [Martin County] ...
    • The Weekly Herald (from 191?)
  • Published In Rocky Mount  ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Sparta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Sparta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7888, Longitude: -77.5550       In this case, the coordinates for Old Sparta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).