Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watauga Valley 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 Watauga Valley. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Watauga Valley. Our list contains 15 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Watauga Valley.

Newspapers Neighboring Watauga Valley ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Watauga Valley.

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

Published In Elizabethton ...
- Carter County Banner (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Carter County Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069513
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40577998
- Elizabethton Daily Star (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1946
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Elizabethton Daily Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063939
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43923058
- Elizabethton Republican And Manufacturers' Advocate (from 1838)
  - Years of publication: 1838 to 1839
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Elizabethton Republican And Manufacturers' Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042759
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12846763
- Elizabethton Republican (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Elizabethton Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053414
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13620964
- Elizabethton Star (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Elizabethton Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063940
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32070394
- Tennessee Whig (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 1840
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tennessee Whig
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83045537
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9567275
- The Carter County News (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carter County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069760
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38788090
- The Daily Star (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063938
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43923430
- The Elizabethton News (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elizabethton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069509
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40494924
- The Elizabethton Star (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elizabethton Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063937
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43925012
- The Elizabethton Sunday News (from 1935)
  - Published during 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elizabethton Sunday News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063942
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43924830
- The Star Weekly (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1995
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063941
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43925265
- The Tennessee Equity (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tennessee Equity
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069510
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40495005
- The Watauga Valley News (from 1892)
  - The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Watauga Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065188
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36902408
Published In Bluff City [Sullivan County] ...
- Sullivan County Developer (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sullivan County Developer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069502
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39395242

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- Watauga Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watauga Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3848, Longitude: -82.1415 In this case, the coordinates for Watauga Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).