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.

The following list contains the names of 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin. In addition, the list contains another 20 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Franklin. In total, we've identified 26 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Franklin.

Newspapers Published In Franklin ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Franklin:

Mountain News (from 1884)
- Years of publication: 1884 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mountain News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092225
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148788
Pendleton County News (from 1884)
- Years of publication: 1884 to 1894
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pendleton County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092226
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148800
Pendleton Times (from 1913)
- Years of publication: 1913 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pendleton Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148808
South Branch Review (from 1894)
- Years of publication: 1894 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the South Branch Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092227
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148804
The Herald (from 1929)
- Years of publication: 1929 to 1933
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092224
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13148781
The Pendleton News (from 1874)
- Years of publication: 1874 to 1879
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pendleton News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84038260
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11224111

Newspapers Neighboring Franklin ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> 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 Monterey [Highland County] ...
- Highland Recorder (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1972
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Highland Recorder
  - Holdings: LCCN SN95079246
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33018708
  - ISSN Number: 2151-5484
- The Recorder (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86001610
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13777572
Published In Dale Enterprise [Rockingham County] ...
- The Watchful Pilgrim (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Watchful Pilgrim
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94016086
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8249404
Published In Mount Solon [Augusta County] ...
- North River Sentinel (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the North River Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064966
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43766703
- North-River-daily (from 1938)
  - Published during 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the North-River-daily
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066979
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42882608
- The Tracy Daily Tattler (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tracy Daily Tattler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066975
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42858201
- The Tracy-tattler (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tracy-tattler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066970
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42858223
Published In Bridgewater [Rockingham County] ...
- Bridgewater Enterprise (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bridgewater Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84025983
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10885752
- Bridgewater Journal (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bridgewater Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059332
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30784607
- Bridgewater Times (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bridgewater Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079096
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32265211
- Rockingham Advertiser (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rockingham Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 5698731
- The Bridgewater Herald (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bridgewater Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059333
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24773769
- The Enterprise (from 1878)
  - Published during 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32522561
- The Journal (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059336
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30789907
- The Valley Herald (from 1881)
  - Published during 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96095034
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34901622
Published In Dayton [Rockingham County] ...
- The Rockingham Outlook (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rockingham Outlook
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079153
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32600128
Published In Petersburg [Grant County] ...
- Grant County Gazette (from 1878)
  - Published during 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Grant County Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059644
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789170
- Grant County Press (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Grant County Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059647
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789219
- South Branch Gazette (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South Branch Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059645
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789177
- The Mountain Breeze (from 1894)
  - The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Breeze
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059648
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12789221

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- Franklin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6476, Longitude: -79.3296