Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Kingsport 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsport. In addition, the list contains another 2 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Kingsport. In total, we've identified 14 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Kingsport.

Newspapers Published In Kingsport ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Kingsport:

Daily News (from 1976)
- Years of publication: 1976 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065862
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883545
Daily Post News (from 1972)
- Years of publication: 1972 to 1976
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Post News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065861
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883509
Kingsport News (from 1942)
- Years of publication: 1942 to 1980
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kingsport News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065865
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41880498
Kingsport Post-News Weekly (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 1975
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kingsport Post-News Weekly
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065857
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883067
Kingsport Post (from 1965)
- Years of publication: 1965 to 1974
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kingsport Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065856
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41882960
Kingsport Times-News (from 1944)
- Years of publication: 1944 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kingsport Times-News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002062600
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32068716
Kingsport Times (from 1916)
- Years of publication: 1916 to 1980
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kingsport Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002062502
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49276105
Post News (from 1975)
- Years of publication: 1975 to 1978
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Post News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065858
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883401
Post (from 1963)
- Years of publication: 1963 to 1965
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065855
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41882851
Sunday Post (from 1978)
- Years of publication: 1978 to 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sunday Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065859
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883469
The Daily News (from 1971)
- Years of publication: 1971 to 1972
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065860
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41883487
The Kingsport Sentinel (from 1910)
- Years of publication: 1910 to 191?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kingsport Sentinel
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99065846
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41711261

Newspapers Neighboring Kingsport ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Kingsport.

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

Published In Blountville ...
- Sullivan County News (from 1944)
  - Years of publication: 1944 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sullivan County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069914
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32067440
- The Central Star (from 1879)
  - The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Central Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39395344

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5414, Longitude: -82.5423 In this case, the coordinates for Kingsport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).