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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Emory 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Emory. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Emory. In total, we've identified 40 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Emory.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Emory.  

Newspapers Published In Emory ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Emory area:

  • The Emory Banner (from 1872)

Newspapers Neighboring Emory ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Emory.

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

  • Published In Glade Spring  ...
  • Published In Henderson  ...
    • Westminster (from 19??)
  • Published In Abingdon  ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Abingdon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Abingdon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Emory. This extended list includes all the papers from Abingdon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Emory
  • Published In Saltville [Smyth County] ...
  • Published In Damascus  ...
  • Published In Lebanon [Russell County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Emory) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Emory. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7729, Longitude: -81.8362       In this case, the coordinates for Emory have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).