Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rocky Mount 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Mount. In addition, the list contains another 7 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rocky Mount. In total, we've identified 19 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Rocky Mount.

Newspapers Published In Rocky Mount ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rocky Mount:

Franklin Chronicle (from 1905)
- Years of publication: 1905 to 1929
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Franklin Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079291
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33356001
Franklin Times (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 1894
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Franklin Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96096577
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34540631
The County News And Franklin Chronicle (from 1929)
- Years of publication: 1929 to 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The County News And Franklin Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079292
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33356036
The Franklin County Times (from 1968)
- Years of publication: 1968 to 1981
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Franklin County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00064440
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43440609
The Franklin Gazette (from 1876)
- Years of publication: 1876 to 1888
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Franklin Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95070212
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32826681
The Franklin Gazette (from 1937)
- Years of publication: 1937 to 1967
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Franklin Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98068337
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38947227
The Franklin News-Post And Franklin Chronicle (from 193?)
- Years of publication: 193? to 1950
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Franklin News-Post And Franklin Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079288
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33356063
The Franklin News-Post (from 1950)
- Years of publication: 1950 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Franklin News-Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079289
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33374560
The Lonesome Pine (from 1936)
- Years of publication: 1936 to 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lonesome Pine
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99066971
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16677986
The Rocky Mount-a-neer (from 193?)
- Published during 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Rocky Mount-a-neer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99066966
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43335798
The Times-Democrat (from 1894)
- Years of publication: 1894 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Times-Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96096578
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34540667
The Virginia Monitor (from 1876)
- Published during 1876
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Virginia Monitor
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85026951
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12802967

Newspapers Neighboring Rocky Mount ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Rocky Mount.

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

Published In Ferrum ...
- Ferrum College Bulletin (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferrum College Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2002061976
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25812386
Published In Bassett [Henry County] ...
- 1389 Speaks (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the 1389 Speaks
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066969
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42968514
- Bassett And Henry County Journal (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bassett And Henry County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31450029
- Enrollee's Home Journal (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Enrollee's Home Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064630
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43724073
- Henry County Journal (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Henry County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2006060512
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 70189767
- The Bassett Journal (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bassett Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060140
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31450017
- The Fairy Stone (from 1935)
  - Published during 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fairy Stone
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064919
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44505070

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Mount) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Mount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9976, Longitude: -79.8919