{"id":2842,"date":"2012-12-03T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T00:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=2842"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:36:15","slug":"newspapers-in-washington-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/research-aids\/newspapers-in-washington-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspapers in Washington County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current Newspapers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnson City Press <\/em><\/strong>
\n204 W. Main St.
\nP.O. Box 1717
\nJohnson City, TN 37601
\nwww.johnsoncitypress.com
\n(423) 929-3111
\n(423) 929-7484 FAX
\nGeneral newspaper founded in 1910 and published daily and Sunday
\nWill publish queries in the “Letters to the Editor” section.<\/p>\n

Herald and Tribune <\/strong><\/em>
\nP.O. Box 277
\nJonesborough, TN 37659
\n(423) 753-3136
\n(423) 753-6528
\nWeekly newspaper, founded 1869. Publishes a genealogical column for the Jonesborough Genealogical Society. Also will publish queries for members of the society.<\/p>\n

Newspapers No Longer Published in Johnson City<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Advance<\/em>, 1889-?
\nComet<\/em> (Daily Comet<\/em>), March 15, 1884-May 1918
\nThe Commoner<\/em>, 1886-?
\nEnterprise<\/em>, 1883-1891
\nJohnson City Press-Chronicle<\/em>, 1921-1985 (now the Johnson City Press)
\nPress Staff-News<\/em>, Jan. 22, 1935-June 6, 1943
\nStaff, 1892-1919 (frequency varies: semi-weekly, 1901-1911)
\nStaff<\/em>, 1910-1924 (continued by Staff-News)
\nStaff-News<\/em>, 1924-Jan. 21, 1935 (continued by Press Staff-News)
\nStar,<\/em> 1986-1988
\nSunday Chronicle<\/em>, 1921-?
\nTennessee Twinklings<\/em>, 1891-1892<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Newspapers No Longer Published in Jonesboro\/Jonesborough<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Advance<\/em>, 1911-1928
\nDaily Telegraph<\/em>, 1864-?
\nEast Tennessee Patriot<\/em>
\nEmancipator<\/em>, April – October, 1820 (now on microfilm and in book form at ETSU Library)
\nFarmer’s Journal,<\/em> Nov. 25, 1825-July 1832 (merged with Washington Republican to form Washington Republican and Farmer’s Journal)
\nHickory State Herald<\/em>, July 1846-?
\nJonesboro Journal<\/em>, 1875-1884 (various spellings: Jonesborough Journal) Jonesborough Express, 1860-1863
\nJonesborough Tennessee Whig<\/em>\u00a0(see Jonesborough Whig, sometimes refered to as Brownlow’s Tennessee and Jonesborough Whig. On microfilm in ETSU Library.)
\nJonesborough Times<\/em>, 1877-1878\u00a0(independent journal, title varies) Jonesborough Tennessee Whig
\nJonesborough Union<\/em>, 1859-1862
\nJonesborough Whig and Independent Journal<\/em>, May 18, 1842-April 19, 1849 (continued as Jonesborough Whig, continued by Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal, Knoxville)
\nLimestone Enterprise<\/em>, ?
\nManumission Intelligencer<\/em>, April – November 1819
\nNewspaper and Washington Advertiser<\/em>, 1803-1804
\nOld Hickory<\/em>, June 1 – July 1846\u00a0(continued as Hickory State Herald)
\nPress-News<\/em>, 1928-1933
\nRail-Road Journal and Family Visitor<\/em>, April 6, 1850-1854
\nRural Searchlight<\/em>, 1906-1907
\nTennessee Patriot<\/em>, 1872
\nTennessee Reformer<\/em>, 1848
\nTennessee Sentinel<\/em>, 1835-1845
\nTennessee Vindicator<\/em>, 1857-?
\nUnion Flag<\/em>, May 19, 1865-1871\u00a0(continued as Union Flag and Commercial Advertiser)
\nUnion Flag and Advertiser<\/em>\u00a0(see Union Flag and Commercial Advertiser)
\nUnion Flag and Commercial Advertiser<\/em>, 1871-1873\u00a0(continued as Union Flag, title varies: Union Flag and Advertiser)
\nWashington County Democrat<\/em>
\nWashington County News<\/em>
\nWashington Republican<\/em>, July 1832\u00a0(merged with Farmer’s Journal to form Washington Republican and Farmer’s Journal)
\nWashington Republican and Farmer’s Journal<\/em>, Aug. 4, 1832 – 1836\u00a0(continued by Washington Republican and Jonesborough Advertiser)
\nWashington Republican and Jonesborough Advertiser<\/em>, 1836-1837\u00a0(continued as Washington Republican and Farmer’s Journal)
\nWhig<\/em>, May 6, 1840-November 3, 1841\u00a0(continued numbering of Tennessee Whig, Elizabethton; continued by Jonesborough Whig)
\nWoman’s Appeal<\/em>, 1887-?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

TNGEN WEB HISTORICAL NEWS PORTAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A map to locate digitized versions of historical Tennessee newspapers<\/strong><\/em>. Clicking on a place marker will provide you with a link to where you can access the paper online. \u00a0Some papers are freely available; some papers require a subscription (indicated by $). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is a great tool for investigating what paper may have covered your town or city of interest!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Newspapers Johnson City Press 204 W. Main St. P.O. Box 1717 Johnson City, TN 37601 www.johnsoncitypress.com (423) 929-3111 (423) 929-7484 FAX General newspaper founded in 1910 and published daily Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2842","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8215,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2842\/revisions\/8215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}