Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Plymouth.
Our newspaper information for Plymouth is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Plymouth. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Plymouth. In total, we've identified 49 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Plymouth.
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 Plymouth.
Newspapers Published In Plymouth ...
We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Plymouth:
- Roanoke Cresset (from 1858)
- The Old Flag (from 1865)
- The Plymouth Banner (from 1856)
- The Plymouth News (from 1849)
- The Roanoke Beacon And The Washington County News (from 1929)
- The Roanoke Beacon (from 1889)
- The Roanoke Beacon (from 1959)
- The Washington County Times (from 1908)
Newspapers Neighboring Plymouth ...
The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Plymouth.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Plymouth.
- Published In Windsor [Bertie County] ...
- Bertie County Ledger (from 1929)
- Bertie Ledger-Advance (from 1930)
- Ledger-Advance (from 1926)
- The Albemarle Times (from 1874)
- The Orient (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 Orient
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073958
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25416435
- The Windsor Herald, And Bertie County Register (from 183?)
- The Windsor Ledger (from 1928)
- Windsor Ledger (from 1889)
- Windsor Public Ledger (from 1886)
- Published In Edenton [Chowan County] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Edenton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Edenton
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Plymouth. This extended list includes all the papers from Edenton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Plymouth
- Published In Williamston [Martin County] ...
- Democratic Banner (from 1856)
- The Enterprise (from 1899)
- The Martin County Times (from 1882)
- Williamston Expositor (from 1866)
- Williamston Mercury (from 1859)
- Published In Pinetown [Beaufort County] ...
- The Pine Town Record And Beaufort County Mirror (from 1910)
- Published In Belhaven [Beaufort County] ...
- Beaufort-Hyde News Incorporating The Coastal Observer (from 1990)
- Beaufort-Hyde News (from 1966)
- Belhaven Journal (from 191?)
- The Belhaven Times And The Hyde County Record (from 1933)
- The Belhaven Times (from 192?)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plymouth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plymouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8588, Longitude: -76.7488 In this case, the coordinates for Plymouth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |