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:
- Justice Speaks (from 1982)
- Rocky Mount Mail (from 1872)
- Rocky Mount Phenix (from 189?)
- Rocky Mount Progress (from 1879)
- Rocky Mount Telegram (from 1995)
- Rocky Mount Weekly News (from 19??)
- The Argonaut (from 188?)
- The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Argonaut
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073957
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25416326
- The Evening Telegram (from 1908)
- The Little Clipper (from 1885)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- The Phoenix (from 1887)
- The Rocky Mount Herald (from 1934)
- The Rocky Mount Motor (from 189?)
- The Rocky Mount Record
- The Twin County Echo And The Weekly Record (from 190?)
- The Weekly Reporter (from 188?)
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 ...
- Battleboro Advance (from 1870)
- The Battleboro Progress (from 18??)
- 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] ...
- The Elm City Elevator (from 1901)
- 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
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Rocky Mount: www.ci.rocky-mount.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 |