Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Thorpe. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Big Creek Home News (from 1978)
- Published in War [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1978 to 1981
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Big Creek Home News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092089
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13048156
McDowell Recorder (from 1890)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1890 to 1943
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the McDowell Recorder
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092048
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032827
The McDowell Republican (from 1912)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The McDowell Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032821
The McDowell Times (from 1904)
- Published in Keystone [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1904 to 1941
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The McDowell Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092050
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032822
The Welch Daily News (from 1923)
- Published in Welch [McDowell County]
- Years of publication: 1923 to 2002
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Welch Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86092051
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13032831

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thorpe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thorpe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3666, Longitude: -81.5108