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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rocky Mount 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 15 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Mount. In addition, the list contains another 31 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rocky Mount. In total, we've identified 46 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Rocky Mount.

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 Rocky Mount.  

Newspapers Published In Rocky Mount ...

We know of 15 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rocky Mount:

Newspapers Neighboring Rocky Mount ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Rocky Mount.

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

  • Published In Battleboro  ...
  • Published In Nashville [Nash County] ...
    • The Argonaut (from 1886)
    • The Graphic (from 1895)
    • The Graphic (from 1985)
    • The Nashville Graphic (from 1941)
  • Published In Elm City [Wilson County] ...
  • Published In Whitakers  ...
    • The Rattler (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Rattler
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2014236873
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 875922388
  • Published In Tarboro  ...
    • We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tarboro. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tarboro
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Rocky Mount. This extended list includes all the papers from Tarboro. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rocky Mount
  • Published In Wilson [Wilson County] ...
    • 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 Rocky Mount. 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 Rocky Mount

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Mount) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Mount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9442, Longitude: -77.7945