Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 21 newspapers that have been published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Powhatan. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Johnston County Record (from 1931)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1931 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Johnston County Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073975
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25493968
Johnston Courier (from 1876)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1876 to 187?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Johnston Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85026806
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12604105
Kenly News (from 1973)
- Published in Kenly [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1973 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kenly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94058205
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29875664
The Clayton Bud (from 1883)
- Published in Clayton [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1883 to 1886
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Clayton Bud
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068258
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24157208
The Clayton News (from 1911)
- Published in Clayton [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Clayton News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92074049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26057377
The Four Oaks News (from 1973)
- Published in Four Oaks [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1973 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Four Oaks News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94058226
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30682490
The Johnston County News (from 1928)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1928 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Johnston County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068461
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839268
The Johnston Journal (from 1992)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1992 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Johnston Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99061524
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41449720
The Johnstonian-Sun (from 192?)
- Published in Selma [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 192? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Johnstonian-Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94058228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30685183
The Johnstonian (from 1918)
- Published in Selma [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1918 to 192?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Johnstonian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94058227
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30685105
The Kenly Observer (from 1926)
- Published in Kenly [Johnston County]
- Published during 1926
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kenly Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068458
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839180
The Kenly Observer (from 1927)
- Published in Kenly [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kenly Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068493
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839243
The Observer-Enterprise (from 1926)
- Published in Kenly [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1926 to 1927
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Observer-Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068492
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839210
The Selma Chronicle (from 1913)
- Published in Selma [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1913 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Selma Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92074104
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26816241
The Selma News (from 1887)
- Published in Selma [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Selma News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073977
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25512573
The Smithfield Herald (from 188?)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 188? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Smithfield Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073982
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13277410
The Smithfield Journal (from 1908)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Smithfield Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073979
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25512529
The Smithfield Observer (from 1920)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1920 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Smithfield Observer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92074025
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25685488
The Weekly Bud (from 1886)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1886 to 1887
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Bud
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068259
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24157252
The Weekly Herald (from 1882)
- Published in Smithfield [Johnston County]
- Years of publication: 1882 to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073981
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25512597
Zebulon Record (from 1925)
- Published in Zebulon [Wake County]
- Years of publication: 1925 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Zebulon Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073191
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13393367

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Powhatan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Powhatan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6138, Longitude: -78.4175 In this case, the coordinates for Powhatan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).