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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)
  • Pendleton County News (from 1884)
  • Pendleton Times (from 1913)
  • South Branch Review (from 1894)
  • The Herald (from 1929)
  • The Pendleton News (from 1874)

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)
    • The Recorder (from 1972)
  • Published In Dale Enterprise [Rockingham County] ...
  • Published In Mount Solon [Augusta County] ...
  • Published In Bridgewater [Rockingham County] ...
  • Published In Dayton [Rockingham County] ...
  • Published In Petersburg [Grant County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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