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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Whiteville 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Whiteville. In addition, the list contains another 20 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Whiteville. In total, we've identified 27 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Whiteville.

Newspapers Published In Whiteville ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Whiteville:

  • The Afro-Chronicle (from 1972)
  • The Columbus News-Times
  • The Columbus News (from 189?)
  • The Columbus Press (from 19??)
  • The News Reporter (from 1905)
  • The News-Reporter (from 1905)
  • The News (from 190?)
    • Years of publication:  190? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92073997
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25608500

Newspapers Neighboring Whiteville ...

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

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

  • Published In Chadbourn  ...
  • Published In Clarkton [Bladen County] ...
  • Published In Tabor City  ...
    • Tabor City Tribune (from 1946)
    • The Tabor City Times (from 193?)
    • The Tribune (from 1991)
  • Published In Elizabethtown [Bladen County] ...
    • Cape Fear Lance (from 1898)
    • The Beacon (from 1888)
    • The Bladen County News (from 1910)
  • Published In Loris [Horry County] ...

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- Whiteville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whiteville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3387, Longitude: -78.7036