Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rutherfordton.
Our newspaper information for Rutherfordton 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 23 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rutherfordton. In addition, the list contains another 15 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rutherfordton. In total, we've identified 38 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Rutherfordton.
Newspapers Published In Rutherfordton ...
We know of 23 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rutherfordton:
- Carolina Gazette (from 1836)
- Mountain Banner (from 1848)
- North Carolina Spectator And Western Advertiser (from 1830)
- Rutherfordton Intelligencer (from 1841)
- The Democrat (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 Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068733
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24773110
- The Mountain Banner (from 1881)
- The New Regime (from 1876)
- The Republican (from 1843)
- The Rutherford Banner (from 188?)
- The Rutherford County News (from 1926)
- The Rutherford Enquirer (from 1858)
- The Rutherford Star And West-Carolina Record (from 1874)
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- The Rutherford Star And West-Carolina Record (from 1874)
- The Rutherford Star (from 1866)
- The Rutherford Star (from 1866)
- The Rutherfordton Tribune (from 1901)
- The Sun (from 1903)
- Years of publication: 1903 to 1931
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91068751
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24896695
- The Western Vindicator (from 1897)
- The Western Vindicator (from 1868)
- West-Carolina Record (from 1873)
- West-Carolina Record (from 1873)
- Western North Carolina Republican (from 184?)
- Western Star Of Liberty (from 1840)
Newspapers Neighboring Rutherfordton ...
The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Rutherfordton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rutherfordton.
- Published In Spindale ...
- The Spindale Sun (from 1941)
- Published In Forest City ...
- Forest City This Week (from 1969)
- The Daily Courier (from 197?)
- The Free Press (and Forest City Herald) (from 1913)
- The Free Press (from 191?)
- This Week And The Courier-Sun (from 1975)
- This Week (from 197?)
- Published In Columbus [Polk County] ...
- Thermal Belt News Journal (from 19??)
- Published In Chesnee [Cherokee County] ...
- Chesnee Tribune (from 1971)
- Spartanburg Tribune (from 1969)
- Published In Landrum [Spartanburg County] ...
- The Landrum Leader (from 1955)
- The News Leader (from 1974)
- Published In Tryon [Polk County] ...
- Polk County News (from 1920)
- The Tryon Bee
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1915
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Tryon Bee
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98058961
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41398677
- The Tryon Daily Bulletin (from 1928)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rutherfordton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rutherfordton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3680, Longitude: -81.9571 |