Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Newport 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Newport. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Newport. In total, we've identified 31 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Newport.

Newspapers Published In Newport ...

We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Newport:

Cocke County Republican (from 1905)
- Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Cocke County Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002062506
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49290621
Eastern Sentinel (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Eastern Sentinel
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058220
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19127909
Newport Herald (from 1917)
- Years of publication: 1917 to 192?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Newport Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058213
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19122245
Newport News (from 188?)
- Years of publication: 188? to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Newport News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058212
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19122191
Newport Plain Talk Consolidated With The Cocke County Banner (from 1978)
- Years of publication: 1978 to 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Newport Plain Talk Consolidated With The Cocke County Banner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069846
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39315318
Plain Talk And Tribune (from 1939)
- Years of publication: 1939 to 1960
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Plain Talk And Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058217
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19124877
Plain Talk (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1909
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Plain Talk
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069848
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39314633
The Citizen (from 188?)
- Years of publication: 188? to 1889
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058218
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19125929
The Cocke County Banner (from 1970)
- Years of publication: 1970 to 1978
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Cocke County Banner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069843
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39315282
The Cocke County Tribune (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Cocke County Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069842
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39314739
The Newport Plain Talk And Tribune (from 1960)
- Years of publication: 1960 to 1965
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Newport Plain Talk And Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069844
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39314798
The Newport Plain Talk (from 1965)
- Years of publication: 1965 to 1978
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Newport Plain Talk
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98069845
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39315245
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- The Newport Plain Talk (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newport Plain Talk
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069847
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39315333
- The Newport Plain Talk (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1939
  - Issues available online: 203
  - Scanned issues: March 9, 1911 to November 8, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Newport Plain Talk
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89058216
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19123899
- The Newport Times (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newport Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058214
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19122527
- The Newport Times (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 196?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newport Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058215
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19122890
- The Newport Weekly (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newport Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2002062504
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49290360
- The Star-Journal (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star-Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058219
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19127445
- The Tennessean (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tennessean
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069849
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39314427

Newspapers Neighboring Newport ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Newport.

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

Published In Dandridge [Jefferson County] ...
- Dandridge Banner (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dandridge Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058339
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19250081
- Dandridge Herald (from 1854)
  - Years of publication: 1854 to 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dandridge Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053412
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13620904
- Dandridge Watchman (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dandridge Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065179
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36786521
- Dandridge Watchman (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dandridge Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042758
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12846739
- Dandridge Weekly Republican Banner (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dandridge Weekly Republican Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065174
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36576558
- Republican Banner (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Republican Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058380
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19248913
- The American Statesman (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The American Statesman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053411
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13620891
- The Dandridge Weekly News (from 189?)
  - Published during 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dandridge Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058338
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19248827
- The Dandridge Weekly Watchman (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dandridge Weekly Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065178
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36773333
- The Devotional Journal (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Devotional Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065181
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28901589
- The Jefferson News (from 1883)
  - The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jefferson News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2001062116
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 46814899
- Watchman And Reporter (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Watchman And Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065180
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28917923

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9610, Longitude: -83.1977 In this case, the coordinates for Newport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).