Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Charleston 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 Charleston. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Charleston. Our list contains 3 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Charleston.

Newspapers Neighboring Charleston ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Charleston.

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

Published In Mountain City ...
- Mountain City Messenger (from 1933)
  - Years of publication: 1933 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain City Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86076387
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14255319
- Mountain City Times (from 1898)
  - Published during 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mountain City Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86091308
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13431246
- The Mountain City Mail (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain City Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86091309
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13431274

Footnotes ...

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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- Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6707, Longitude: -115.5106 In this case, the coordinates for Charleston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).