Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alton 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 Alton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alton. Our list contains 27 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Alton.

Newspapers Neighboring Alton ...

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

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

Published In South Boston ...
- Halifax Gazette (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1963
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Halifax Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079542
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32335534
- News & Record (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the News & Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84005212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10688267
- The Gazette-Virginian (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette-Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066947
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42940299
- The News (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1929
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96094026
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34630914
- The South Boston News (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The South Boston News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068317
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38590877
Published In Milton [Caswell County] ...
- Milton Gazette & Roanoke Advertiser (from 1823)
  - Years of publication: 1823 to 1831
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Gazette & Roanoke Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020795
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566149
- Milton Intelligencer (from 1818)
  - Years of publication: 1818 to 1821
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Intelligencer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85026811
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12617087
- Milton Spectator (from 1831)
  - Years of publication: 1831 to 1841
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020796
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566269
- Milton Times (from 1895)
  - The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Milton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068487
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836762
- The Caswell County News (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Caswell County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068490
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836677
- The Milton Advertiser (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068489
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836791
- The Milton Chronicle (from 1841)
  - Years of publication: 1841 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020794
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11565865
- The Milton Gazette (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068485
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836751
- The Milton Herald (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068486
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24839126
- The Milton News (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068491
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24836715
- The Milton Spectator (from 1853)
  - Years of publication: 1853 to 1854
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Milton Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020797
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11566920
Published In Roxboro [Person County] ...
- Person County Courier (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1896
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Person County Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073205
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888699
- Person County Times (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Person County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96086016
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 35170862
- The Courier-Times (from 1943)
  - Years of publication: 1943 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier-Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92061512
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25618541
- The Courier (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073207
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888709
- The News Leader (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97064646
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39266806
- The Person County News (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1885
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Person County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073210
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888564
- The Roxboro Courier (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roxboro Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073208
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888720
- The Roxboro Herald (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roxboro Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92073209
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26888598
Published In Halifax ...
- The Record-Advertiser And The Week-end (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record-Advertiser And The Week-end
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86071706
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13854134
Published In Scottsburg [Fluvanna County] ...
- The Fork News (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fork News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066910
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43442140
- The Fork News (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fork News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064994
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44512646

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- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5732, Longitude: -79.0028