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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Purvis 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 Purvis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Purvis. Our list contains 45 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Purvis.

Newspapers Neighboring Purvis ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Purvis.

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

  • Published In Rowland  ...
    • The Rowland News (from 1976)
  • Published In Pembroke  ...
  • Published In Fairmont  ...
  • Published In Maxton  ...
  • Published In Dillon [Dillon County] ...
    • The Dillon Herald (from 1894)
  • Published In Lumberton  ...
  • Published In Laurinburg [Scotland County] ...
  • Published In Red Springs  ...
  • Published In McColl [Marlboro County] ...
  • Published In Latta [Dillon County] ...
    • Latta Observer (from 1910)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Purvis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purvis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5888, Longitude: -79.2634       In this case, the coordinates for Purvis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).