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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Stokes is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stokes. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Stokes. Our list contains 23 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Stokes.

Newspapers Neighboring Stokes ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Stokes.

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

  • Published In Robersonville [Martin County] ...
    • The Weekly Herald (from 191?)
  • Published In Bethel  ...
    • Southern Voice (from 18??)
    • The Bethel Post (from 1951)
  • Published In Greenville  ...
  • Published In Williamston [Martin County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stokes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stokes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7165, Longitude: -77.2647       In this case, the coordinates for Stokes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).