Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Ridge 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 Rock Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock Ridge. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Rock Ridge.

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 Rock Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Rock Ridge.

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

Published In Kenly [Johnston County] ...
- Kenly News (from 1973)
  - 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 Kenly Observer (from 1926)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Wilson ...
- We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wilson. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Wilson
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Rock Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Wilson. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rock Ridge
Published In Fremont [Wayne County] ...
- The Fremont Enterprise (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fremont Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068483
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839226
- The Rural Visitor (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rural Visitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068334
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24313951
- Wayne-Wilson News Leader (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wayne-Wilson News Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83005386
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10210824
Published In Elm City ...
- The Elm City Elevator (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elm City Elevator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92074041
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25761876
Published In Selma [Johnston County] ...
- The Johnstonian-Sun (from 192?)
  - 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)
  - 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 Selma Chronicle (from 1913)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Zebulon [Wake County] ...
- Zebulon Record (from 1925)
  - 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 from Point A (ie- Rock Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7021, Longitude: -78.0672 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).