Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Roxboro 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Roxboro. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Roxboro. In total, we've identified 35 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Roxboro.

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 Roxboro.

Newspapers Published In Roxboro ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Roxboro:

Person County Courier (from 1885)
- Years of publication: 1885 to 1896
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Person County Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073205
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888699
Person County Times (from 1929)
- Years of publication: 1929 to 1943
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Person County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96086016
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 35170862
The Courier-Times (from 1943)
- Years of publication: 1943 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Courier-Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92061512
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25618541
The Courier (from 1896)
- Years of publication: 1896 to 1910
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073207
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888709
The News Leader (from 1979)
- Years of publication: 1979 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97064646
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39266806
The Person County News (from 1882)
- Years of publication: 1882 to 1885
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Person County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073210
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888564
The Roxboro Courier (from 1910)
- Years of publication: 1910 to 1943
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Roxboro Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073208
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888720
The Roxboro Herald (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to 1882
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Roxboro Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92073209
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888598

Newspapers Neighboring Roxboro ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Roxboro.

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

Published In Berea [Granville County] ...
- Berea Gazette (from 1876)
  - The first year of publication was in 1876, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Berea Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068278
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20665745
Published In Milton [Caswell County] ...
- Milton Gazette & Roanoke Advertiser (from 1823)
  - Years of publication: 1823 to 1831
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Gazette & Roanoke Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020795
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566149
- Milton Intelligencer (from 1818)
  - Years of publication: 1818 to 1821
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Intelligencer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026811
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12617087
- Milton Spectator (from 1831)
  - Years of publication: 1831 to 1841
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020796
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566269
- Milton Times (from 1895)
  - The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068487
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836762
- The Caswell County News (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068490
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836677
- The Milton Advertiser (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068489
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836791
- The Milton Chronicle (from 1841)
  - Years of publication: 1841 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020794
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11565865
- The Milton Gazette (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068485
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836751
- The Milton Herald (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068486
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839126
- The Milton News (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068491
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836715
- The Milton Spectator (from 1853)
  - Years of publication: 1853 to 1854
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020797
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566920
Published In Yanceyville [Caswell County] ...
- The Caswell Citizen (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84007644
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10961667
- The Caswell Journal (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to 199?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058854
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40692550
- The Caswell Messenger (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073225
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13118254
- The Caswell News, And Alliance Advocate (from 1888)
  - Published during 1888
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell News, And Alliance Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073189
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26563516
- The Caswell News (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1888
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073188
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26563506
- The Little News (from 1895)
  - The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Little News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073181
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26509615
- The News And Advocate (from 1888)
  - The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News And Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073190
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26563544
- The Piedmont Jeffersonian (from 1942)
  - Years of publication: 1942 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Piedmont Jeffersonian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058834
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39359930
- The Rubicon (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rubicon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073182
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26532095
- The Sentinel (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064748
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27471551
Published In South Boston [Halifax County] ...
- Halifax Gazette (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1963
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Halifax Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079542
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32335534
- News & Record (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the News & Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84005212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10688267
- The Gazette-Virginian (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette-Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066947
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42940299
- The News (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96094026
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34630914
- The South Boston News (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The South Boston News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068317
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38590877
Published In Hillsborough [Orange County] ...
- Hillsboro Recorder (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hillsboro Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068347
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24473645
- Hillsborough Plaindealer (from 186?)
  - Years of publication: 186? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hillsborough Plaindealer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068411
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24600005
- North Carolina Democrat (from 184?)
  - Years of publication: 184? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the North Carolina Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068414
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24599988
- Orange County Observer (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Orange County Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11716080
- The Alliance Weekly (from 189?)
  - Published during 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alliance Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068410
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24599955
- The Enterprise (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068412
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24599934
- The Golden Rule Watchman And Messenger (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Golden Rule Watchman And Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068413
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24599995
- The Hillsborough Recorder (from 1820)
  - Years of publication: 1820 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hillsborough Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2010229753
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15612365
- The Hillsborough Recorder (from 1820)
  - Years of publication: 1820 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hillsborough Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84026472
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10454745
- The North Carolina Gazette (from 1785)
  - Years of publication: 1785 to 1786
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The North Carolina Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025830
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9831521
- The Southern Mail (from 1880)
  - Published during 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southern Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11716283
Published In Oxford [Granville County] ...
- We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Oxford. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Oxford
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Roxboro. This extended list includes all the papers from Oxford. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Roxboro

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Roxboro: www.roxboronc.org/

The official website for Person County: www.personcounty.net/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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- Roxboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roxboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3951, Longitude: -78.9863 In this case, the coordinates for Roxboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).