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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hobbs Ford 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 Hobbs Ford. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hobbs Ford. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Hobbs Ford.

Newspapers Neighboring Hobbs Ford ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Hobbs Ford.

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

  • Published In Bristol [Sullivan County] ...
  • Published In Blountville [Sullivan County] ...
    • Sullivan County News (from 1944)
    • 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 ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hobbs Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hobbs Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7095, Longitude: -82.2888       In this case, the coordinates for Hobbs Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).