Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Franklin 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 Franklin. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Franklin. Our list contains 66 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Franklin.

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 Franklin.  

Newspapers Neighboring Franklin ...

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

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

• Published In Wellsburg  ...
  • Brooke County Record (from 1928)
    • Years of publication:  1928 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Brooke County Record
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059577
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698608
  • Brooke News (from 1937)
    • Years of publication:  1937 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Brooke News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059576
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698602
  • The Daily Herald (from 1897)
    • Years of publication:  1897 to 1964
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Daily Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059582
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698639
  • The Pan-handle News (from 1868)
    • Years of publication:  1868 to 1914
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Pan-handle News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026838
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10694440
  • The Spokesman (from 1935)
    • Published during 1935
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Spokesman
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059579
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698618
  • The Wellsburg Brooke County Daily Herald (from 1964)
    • Years of publication:  1964 to 1971
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wellsburg Brooke County Daily Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059583
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698650
  • The Wellsburg Democrat (from 1866)
    • The first year of publication was in 1866, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wellsburg Democrat
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93065805
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29485936
  • The Wellsburg News (from 1914)
    • Years of publication:  1914 to 1918
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Wellsburg News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059574
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698676
  • Wellsburg Brooke County Herald (from 1971)
    • Years of publication:  1971 to 1974
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Wellsburg Brooke County Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059584
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698657
  • Wellsburg Times (from 1921)
    • Years of publication:  1921 to 192?
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Wellsburg Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059578
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698614
• Published In Mingo Junction [Jefferson County] ...
  • Mingo News (from 19??)
    • Published during 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mingo News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91069764
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24168173
• Published In Follansbee  ...
  • Mill Town Review (from 1911)
    • Years of publication:  1911 to 1915
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Mill Town Review
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059572
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12698671
• Published In Steubenville [Jefferson County] ...
  • We know of 52 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Steubenville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Steubenville
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Franklin. This extended list includes all the papers from Steubenville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Franklin
• Published In Weirton [Hancock County] ...
  • The Weirton Daily Times (from 1928)
    • Years of publication:  1928 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Weirton Daily Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059675
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 2269409
  • Weirton Leader-News (from 1921)
    • Years of publication:  1921 to 1928
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Weirton Leader-News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059674
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12818337
• Published In Burgettstown [Washington County] ...
  • The Burgettstown Enterprise (from 1879)
    • Years of publication:  1879 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Burgettstown Enterprise
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85055117
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12815325
  • The Burgettstown Herald (from 1908)
    • Years of publication:  1908 to 1915
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Burgettstown Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079050
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17415614
  • The Enterprise Call (from 1887)
    • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Enterprise Call
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85054981
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 2260778
• Published In Wintersville [Jefferson County] ...
  • The Citizen (from 1970)
    • Years of publication:  1970 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89076150
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19290354
• Published In West Alexander [Washington County] ...
  • The Saturday Evening Call (from 1895)
    • Years of publication:  1895 to 1910
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Saturday Evening Call
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87080529
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16655612
• Published In Smithfield [Jefferson County] ...
  • Smithfield Independent (from 1876)
    • Years of publication:  1876 to 18??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Smithfield Independent
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85026259
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12125399
  • Smithfield Times (from 1883)
    • Years of publication:  1883 to 18??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Smithfield Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91069895
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24561889
• Published In Claysville [Washington County] ...
  • Claysville And McGuffey Recorder (from 1975)
    • Published during 1975
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Claysville And McGuffey Recorder
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079060
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17424902
  • Claysville Recorder (from 1888)
    • Years of publication:  1888 to 1974
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Claysville Recorder
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85055090
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12729776
  • Claysville-McGuffey Area Recorder (from 1974)
    • Years of publication:  1974 to 1975
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Claysville-McGuffey Area Recorder
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079059
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17424919
  • The McGuffey Recorder (from 1976)
    • Published during 1976
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The McGuffey Recorder
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88079061
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17424887
  • The Weekly Recorder (from 1977)
    • Years of publication:  1977 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Weekly Recorder
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87078602
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17249487

Off-the-Road Links ...

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