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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mercer 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 Mercer. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mercer. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Mercer.

Newspapers Neighboring Mercer ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Mercer.

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

  • Published In Blacksburg  ...
  • Published In Gaffney  ...
  • Published In Cowpens [Spartanburg County] ...
  • Published In Converse [Spartanburg County] ...
  • Published In York [York County] ...
    • Enquirer-Herald (from 2006)
    • York News (from 1913)
      • Years of publication:  1913 to 1918
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the York News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92065627
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26641752

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mercer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mercer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0196, Longitude: -81.5423       In this case, the coordinates for Mercer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).