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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Tryon 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Tryon. In addition, the list contains another 30 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Tryon. In total, we've identified 33 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Tryon.

Newspapers Published In Tryon ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Tryon:

  • 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)

Newspapers Neighboring Tryon ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Tryon.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tryon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tryon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2087, Longitude: -82.2382