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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Selma 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Selma. In addition, the list contains another 61 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Selma. In total, we've identified 65 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Selma.

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 Selma.  

Newspapers Published In Selma ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Selma:

Newspapers Neighboring Selma ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Selma.

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

  • Published In Smithfield  ...
  • Published In Princeton  ...
  • Published In Kenly  ...
  • Published In Four Oaks  ...
  • Published In Clayton  ...
    • The Clayton Bud (from 1883)
    • The Clayton News (from 1911)
  • Published In Fremont [Wayne County] ...
  • Published In Benson  ...
    • Eastern News (from 1920)
    • The Benson Review (from 19??)
  • Published In Goldsboro [Wayne County] ...
    • We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Goldsboro. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Goldsboro
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Selma. This extended list includes all the papers from Goldsboro. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Selma
  • Published In Zebulon [Wake County] ...
    • Zebulon Record (from 1925)

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 from Point A (ie- Selma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5352, Longitude: -78.2852