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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rockdale 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 Rockdale. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rockdale. Our list contains 49 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Rockdale.

Newspapers Neighboring Rockdale ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Rockdale.

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

  • Published In Lawndale  ...
  • Published In Cherryville [Gaston County] ...
    • Cherryville News (from 1903)
    • The Eagle (from 190?)
      • Years of publication:  190? to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Eagle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93064797
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13181971
  • Published In Shelby  ...
  • Published In Lincolnton [Lincoln County] ...
  • Published In Maiden [Catawba County] ...
    • The Maiden Times (from 1968)
  • Published In Bessemer City [Gaston County] ...
    • Bessemer City Messenger (from 189?)
    • The Dispatch (from 1912)
  • Published In Valdese [Burke County] ...
    • The Enterprise (from 1922)
    • The Valdese News (from 1938)

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rockdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4826, Longitude: -81.5079       In this case, the coordinates for Rockdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).