North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary

North Carolina has two large online state collections for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently North Carolina has several newspapers available on that site as well. There are many free online newspapers also available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are over 2,600 newspapers that have been published in the Tar Heel State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your North Carolina ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - North Carolina Newspapers

• Asheville, N.C., 1885-1889 - The Asheville citizen. [volume]​
• Asheville, N.C., 1889-1890 - The daily citizen. [volume]
• Asheville, N.C., 1890-1900 - Asheville daily citizen. [volume]
• Boomer, N.C., 1917-1919 - Good news. [volume]
• Boomer, N.C., 1919-1922 - The fool-killer. [volume]
• Boone, Watauga County, N.C., 1888-current - Watauga Democrat.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1835-1851 - The Charlotte journal.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1852-1870 - The western Democrat.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1870-1881 - The Charlotte Democrat.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1881-1887 - Charlotte home and Democrat. [volume]
• Charlotte, N.C., 1887-1897 - The Charlotte Democrat. [volume]
• Clinton, N.C., 188?-1913 - The Caucasian.
• Clinton, N.C., 1882-188? - The weekly Caucasian.
• Durham, N.C, 1887-188? - Durham recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1879-19?? - The Durham recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1886-188? - Durham daily recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1889-1894 - The Durham daily globe.
• Edenton, N.C., 1886-1887 - The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume]
• Edenton, N.C., 1887-19?? - Fisherman & farmer. [volume]
• Elizabeth City, N.C., 1908-1936 - The independent. [volume]
• Elizabeth City, N.C., 1936-19?? - The daily independent.
• Fayetteville [N.C.], 1839-1861 - The North-Carolinian. [volume]
• Fayetteville, N.C., 1864-186? - The weekly intelligencer. [volume]
• Fayetteville, N.C., 1883-188? - The sun.
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1869-18?? - Die Suedliche post. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1881-18?? - The Goldsboro star. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1885-1909 - Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1909-19?? - Goldsboro semi-weekly argus. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 191?-19?? - Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1881-1911 - The gold leaf. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1911-19?? - Henderson gold leaf. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1914-1995 - Henderson daily dispatch.
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1896-1912 - The French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1913-1915 - Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1915-1916 - French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1916-1919 - French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1927-current - The times-news.
• Hickory, N.C., 1915-current - Hickory daily record. [volume]
• High Point, N.C., 1908-19?? - The review. [volume]
• Lumberton, N.C., 1870-current - The Robesonian. [volume]
• Hillsboro, N.C., 1887-18?? - Hillsboro recorder.
• Hillsborough, N.C., 1820-1879 - The Hillsborough recorder.
• Hillsborough, N.C., 1880-1918 - Orange County observer.
• Jacksonville, N.C., 193?-1946 - The Onslow County news and views.
• Jacksonville, N.C., 1946-1952 - The news and views.
• Lumberton, N.C., 1870-current - The Robesonian. [volume]
• Marion, N.C., 1909-19?? - Marion progress. [volume]
• Monroe, N.C., 189?-1965 - The Monroe journal. [volume]
• Moravian Falls, N.C., 1910-1917 - The fool-killer.
• Morganton, N.C., 1899-1901 - The Burke County news. [volume]
• Murphy, N.C., 188?-1961 - Cherokee scout. [volume]
• Newber [i.e. New Bern], N.C., 1873-1873 - Our living and our dead ; or, Testimony from the battlefields. [volume]
• Newbern [i.e. New Bern], N.C., 1873-187? - Our living and our dead. [volume]
• Newbern, N.C., 1858-1863 - Newbern weekly progress. [volume]
• Newbern, N.C., 1863-186? - Newbern progress. [volume]
• Old Fort, N.C., 1927-1931 - Old Fort news. [volume]
• Raleigh [N.C.], 1864-1865 - Weekly confederate.
• Raleigh, N.C., 18??-1??? - The gazette.
• Raleigh, N.C., 18??-19?? - The farmer and mechanic. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1834-1850 - The North-Carolina standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1849-1865 - Spirit of the age. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1850-1852 - North Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1850-1858 - Weekly North Carolina standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1852-1853 - Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1853-18?? - Semi-weekly standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1858-1865 - Weekly standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 186?-1869 - The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1864-1865 - The daily confederate.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1865-186? - Journal of freedom. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1866-1868 - The tri-weekly standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1869-18?? - The weekly standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1877-1885 - The farmer and mechanic. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1879-1??? - The journal of industry. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1879-1880 - North Carolina Republican. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 188?-1891 - The daily state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1883-1893 - The state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1885-18?? - North Carolina gazette.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1891-1893 - The state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1895-1895 - The daily Caucasian.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1904-1905 - The progressive farmer and the cotton plant.
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1914-192? - Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume]
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1931-1948 - Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume]
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1948-1949 - Roanoke Rapids daily herald.
• Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary, N.C., 192?-1931 - The herald of the Twin Cities, Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary. [volume]
• Rockingham, N.C., 1917-1965 - Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume]
• Salisbury, N.C., 1871-1937 - Carolina watchman. [volume]
• Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C., 1884-1896 - The Democrat.
• Scotland Neck, N.C., 1882-1884 - The commonwealth.
• Scotland Neck, N.C., 1896-1929 - The commonwealth.
• Southern Pines, N.C., 1898-19?? - The free press.
• Sylva, N.C., 19??-19?? - Jackson County journal.
• Tabor City, N.C., 1946-1991 - Tabor City tribune.
• Tarboro', Edgecombe Co., (N.C.), 1852-1867 - The southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro', N.C., 1867-1873 - The Tarboro' southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro', N.C., 1874-1875 - The enquirer southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro', N.C., 1875-19?? - The Tarborough southerner. [volume]
• Tarborough, (Edgecombe Co., N.C.), 1835-1851 - Tarboro' press. [volume]
• Wilmington, N.C., 1844-1895 - Wilmington journal.
• Wilmington, N.C., 1883-18?? - The Banner-enterprise. [volume]
• Wilmington, N.C., 1897-1908 - The semi-weekly messenger. [volume]
• Wilmington, N.C., 1909-1990 - The Wilmington morning star.
• Wilson, N.C., 1896-19?? - The Wilson times. [volume]
• Wilson, N.C., 1902-1936 - The daily times. [volume]
• Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C., 1856-1886 - Western sentinel. [volume]
• Winston, N.C., 1886-1904 - The progressive farmer.
• Winston-Salem, N.C., 1886-1887 - The weekly sentinel. [volume]
• Winston-Salem, N.C., 1887-1926 - The western sentinel. [volume]

Google News Archive

• Clarkton - The Bladen Journal
• Columbus - The Polk County News
• Fayetteville - The Fayetteville Observer
• Graham - The Alamance Gleaner
• Hendersonville - The Times-News
• Kenly - Kenly News
• Lexington - The Dispatch
• Lumberton - The Robesonian
• Mount Airy - The Mount Airy News
• Rockingham - Richmond County Journal
• Spring Hope - Spring Hope Enterprise
• Spring Hope - Spring Hope Enterprise and the Bailey/Middlesex News
• Sylva - The Sylva Herald & Ruralite
• Sylva - The Sylva Herald and Ruralite
• Tryon - The Tryon Daily Bulletin
• Wadesboro - The Anson Record and the Messenger and Intelligencer
• Wadesboro - The Anson Record
• Wilmington - Star-News
• Wilmington - The Daily Journal

North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project 1751-1898

• Carolina Watchman (2164)
• Fayetteville Gazette (28)
• Hall'S Wilmington Gazette(28)
• Martin'S North Carolina Gazette And New Bern Advertiser (2)
• Newbern Gazette (23)
• North Carolina Gazette And New Bern Advertiser (1)
• North Carolina Gazette And Wilmington Weekly Post-Boy (1)
• North Carolina Gazette Or Impartial Intelligencer And Weekly General Advertiser(2)
• North Carolina Gazette(202)
• North Carolina Magazine Or Universal Intelligencer (26)
• North Carolina Mercury, And Salisbury Advertiser(42)
• North-Carolina Centinel And Fayetteville Gazette (2)
• North-Carolina Chronicle Or Fayetteville Gazette (33)
• North-Carolina Gazette Or Edenton Intelligencer (1)
• Old North State (10)
• Post Angel, Or Universal Entertainment (2)
• The Cape Fear Mercury (14)
• The Edenton Gazette (2)
• The Edenton Intelligencer(2)
• The Encyclopedian Instructor And Farmer'S Gazette (1)
• The Old North State (261)
• The Wilmington Centinel(30)
• The Wilmington Gazette(269)
• Watchman And Old North State (44)
• Western Carolinian (882)
• Wilmington Chronicle And North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (1)
• Wilmington Chronicle (18)

North Carolina Community Newspapers 1824-2012

• A & E News and Views (Mount Holly, N.C.)
• The AC Phoenix News (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• Africo-American Presbyterian (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
• The Albemarle Observer (Edenton, N.C.)
• Alkon News (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Amco News (High Point, N.C.)
• The Atlantic Messenger (New Bern, N.C.)
• The Badin Bulletin (Albemarle, N.C.)
• The Baptist Messenger (Newton, N.C.)
• The Baptist Messenger (Wingate, N.C.)
• The Baptist Sunday School Monthly (Henderson, N.C.)
• The Baptist Worker (Gastonia, N.C.)
• Beasley’s Farm and Home Weekly (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Beaufort News (Beaufort, N.C.)
• Bessemer City Messenger (Bessemer City, N.C.)
• The Blue Ridge Baptist (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)
• Brevard News (Brevard, N.C.)
• The Broad Street Worker (Winston, N.C.)
• The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, N.C.)
• The Caduceus (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Cape Fear Herald (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Carolina Baptist (Hendersonville, N.C.)
• The Carolina Indian Voice (Pembroke, N.C.)
• The Carolina Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
• The Carolina News (Forest City, N.C.)
• The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.)
• Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City, N.C.)
• The Carolina Union Farmer (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Caromount (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• Catawba Journal (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Central Messenger (Wake Forest, N.C.)
• The Central Times (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Jewish News (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte News (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Chatham Blanketeer (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
• The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.)
• Cloudbuster (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
• The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
• The Conflict (Memphis, Tenn.)
• The Cooleemee Journal (Cooleemee, N.C.)
• County Union (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
• The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
• Daily Concord Standard (Concord, N.C.)
• The Daily Record (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Daily Review (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Daily Workman (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The Danbury Reporter (Danbury, N.C.)
• The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.)
• The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.)
• The Eastern Reflector (Greenville, N.C.)
• The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)
• The Elkin Courier (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Elkin Times (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, N.C.)
• Elm City Elevator (Elm City, N.C.)
• The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
• Erwin Chatter (Cooleemee, N.C.)
• The Evening Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Farmville Enterprise (Farmville, N.C.)
• Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
• Firestone News (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Foothills View (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
• Forest City Courier (Forest City, N.C.)
• Fotofax (Brevard, N.C.)
• Franklin Observer (Franklin, N.C.)
• The Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (Franklin, N.C.)
• The Franklin Times (Louisburg, N.C.)
• The Future Outlook (Greensboro, N.C.)
• Galax News (Highlands, N.C.)
• Gaston County Baptist Messenger (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gaston Progress (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gaston Republican (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gastonian (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Goldsboro Headlight (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• Goldsboro News-Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• The Gospel Herald (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Harris Herald (Harris, N.C.)
• The Helper (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
• Hertford County Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
• Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
• The High Point Scout (High Point, N.C.)
• Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
• The Home Front News
• Hot Off the Hoover Rail
• InterCom (Durham, N.C.)
• Jackson County Journal (Sylva, N.C.)
• The Johnstonian-Sun (Selma, N.C.)
• The Journal (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Journal-Patriot (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)
• The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
• The Laurinburg Exchange (Laurinburg, N.C.)
• The Liberalist and Wilmington Reporter (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Lincoln Courier (Lincolnton, N.C.)
• The Lincoln Republican (Lincolnton, N.C.)
• The Little Clipper (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• Marion Messenger (Marion, N.C.)
• Marion Progress (Marion, N.C.)
• Marion Record (Marion, N.C.)
• Masonic Journal (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The Mebane Leader (Mebane, N.C.)
• The Mecklenburg Chronicle (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Mel-Rose-Glen (High Point, N.C.)
• Miners’ and Farmers’ Journal (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Mirror (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Morning Clarion (Oxford, N.C.)
• The Mount Airy News (Mount Airy, N.C.)
• Mount Holly News (Mount Holly, N.C.)
• The Nash County News (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• National Savings Bank (New Bern, N.C.)
• The New Bern Mirror (New Bern, N.C.)
• The New Era (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The New South (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
• The News-Record (Marshall, N.C.)
• North Carolina Baptist Missionary Worker (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Chautauquan (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs Journal
• North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Orphans’ Friend (Oxford, N.C.)
• Our Rights (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.)
• Piedmont Aviation Employee Newsletter
• The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.)
• The Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, N.C.)
• Point-Crest (High Point, N.C.)
• Polk County News and The Tryon Bee
• Press and Carolinian (Hickory, N.C.)
• The Progressive Reformer (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
• Q-notes (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Rattler (Whitakers, N.C.)
• Richmond Headlight (Rockingham, N.C.)
• The Roanoke Beacon (Plymouth, N.C.)
• Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
• The Rocky Mount Herald (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Rocky Mount Record (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
• The Semi-Weekly News (Harrington, N.C.)
• Sew It Seams (High Point, N.C.)
• Shelby Aurora (Shelby, N.C.)
• The Shore Line (Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.)
• The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, N.C.)
• The Souler (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• Southwide Baptist News and Ridgecrest Reporter (Marshall, N.C.)
• The Spring Hope Journal (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• Spring Hope Leader (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• Spring Hope Messenger (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• The Standard (Concord, N.C.)
• The Stanly Baptist (Big Lick, N.C.)
• The Stanly Mason (Albemarle, N.C.)
• State Port Pilot (Southport, N.C.)
• Sunday Morning Mail (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Sylva Herald and Ruralite (Sylva, N.C.)
• Sylvan Valley News (Brevard, N.C.)
• Tarboro Free Press (Tarboro, N.C.)
• The Transylvania Times (Brevard, N.C.)
• Trench and Camp (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Trestleboard (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Tribunal Aid (High Point, N.C.)
• The True Reformer (Littleton, N.C.)
• The True Republican or American Whig (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Twice-A-Week Dispatch (Burlington, N.C.)
• The Vance County Union (Henderson, N.C.)
• Vance News-Leader (Henderson, N.C.)
• W & J Rives, Inc. Employee Newsletter
• The Warren Record (Warrenton, N.C.)
• Washington Daily News (Washington, N.C.)
• Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
• The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
• The Weekly Reporter (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
• West Chowan Baptist Messenger (Winton, N.C.)
• Western Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
• What’s Happening (High Point, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Advertiser and Merchants’ and Farmers’ Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Democrat (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilson Advance (Wilson, N.C.)
• The Wilson Blade (Wilson, N.C.)
• Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• The Young American (High Point, N.C.)
• Zion’s Landmarks (Wilson, N.C.)

County and Library Collections

Dare County
Dare County Library

• The Coastland Times
• Coastland Times
• The Dare County Times
• Dare County Times

Dare County Library

• Dare County Times 
• Sea Chest Magazine 
• The Coastland Times 
• The Dare County Times 

​Dare County Library​

• Sea Chest Magazine 

Nash County
Braswell Memorial Library

• Evening Telegram 

Robeson County
Mary Livermore Library

• The Robesonian 

Davidson College Library Community Newspaper Collection, 1883-1958

• North Star (1956-1958, 22 issues)
• Red and White (1944-1945, 12 issues and 1954-1955, 13 issues)
• Community (1947, 6 issues)
• Twin City (1946, 1 issue)
• Davidson Newsleader (1945-1946, 21 issues)
• Post Exchange (1943-1945, 12 issues)
• Star Ace Review (1944, 1 issue)
• Ace Review (1938-1941, 4 issues)
• Davidson Leader (1936-1938, 25 issues)
• Weekly News (1930-1931, 1935, 20 issues)
• Weekly Enterprise (1883-1884, 7 issues)

Lumberton Newspaper Archives

• Lumberton Robesonian (1807 - 2012)
• Lumberton Robesonian Mid Weekly (1910 - 2004)
• Robesonian (1897 - 2006)

Morganton Area Newspaper Index

• Asheville Citizen-Times
• The Blue Ridge Blade
• The Burke County News
• The Carolina Mountaineer
• The Charlotte Observer
• The Farmer’s Friend
• The Hickory Daily Record
• The Morganton Herald
• The Morganton Star
• The News Herald 1902 –
• The Valdese News

UNC Greensboro Library Historical Newspapers

• Greensboro Patriot
• Greensborough Patriot
• The Little Ad
• The Patriot and Flag
• The Patriot and Greensborough Palladium
• Carolina Beacon
• Carolina Patriot
• Southern Telescope
• 10-Shun
• BTC 10-shun
• ORDealings
• The ORD News
• The Rotator

Student Collections:

• Albemarle Grade School Student Newspaper
• Albemarle High School Student Newspaper
• Appalachian State University Student Newspaper at Appalachian State University
• Atlantic Christian College Student Newspaper
• Bailey High School Student Newspaper
• Bennett College Student Newspaper
• Black Ink (Black Student Movement, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Brevard College Student Newspaper
• Campbell University Student Newspaper at Campbell University
• Carver High School Student Newspaper
• Chowan University Student Newspaper
• Crossroads (Belmont, N.C.)
• D. N. Hix School Student Newspaper
• Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Davidson College Student Newspaper at Davidson College
• Dillard High School Student Newspaper
• Dudley High School Student Newspaper
• Duke University Student Newspaper at Duke University
• East Wind (Asian Students Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Elizabeth City State University Student Newspaper
• Elm Street School Student Newspaper
• Elon University Student Newspaper
• Fayetteville State University Student Newspaper
• Flora Macdonald College Student Newspaper
• Gardner-Webb University Student Newspaper
• Gaston College Student Newspaper
• Goldsboro High School Student Newspaper
• Greensboro High School Student Newspaper
• Henderson Institute Student Newspaper
• High Point High School Student Newspaper
• High Point Junior High School Student Newspaper
• High Point University Student Newspaper at High Point University
• Highlands High School Student Newspaper
• J. F. Webb High School Student Newspaper
• Jamestown/Ragsdale High School Student Newspaper
• Johnson C. Smith University Student Newspaper
• Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Lexington High School Student Newspaper
• Lincoln High School Student Newspaper (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Louisburg College Student Newspaper
• Mars Hill University Student Newspaper
• Mary Potter School Student Newspaper
• Meredith College Student Newspaper
• Methodist University Student Newspaper
• Montreat College Student Newspaper
• N.C. Essay (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Newspaper at North Carolina A&T
• North Carolina Central University Student Newspaper
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Student Newspaper
• North Carolina State University Student Newspaper at North Carolina State University
• North Carolina Wesleyan College Student Newspaper
• Orange Street Graded School Student Newspaper
• Oxford College Student Newspaper
• Oxford High School Student Newspaper
• Presbyterian Junior College Student Newspaper
• Queens University of Charlotte Student Newspaper 
• Rocky Mount High School Student Newspaper
• Rutherford College Student Newspaper
• Saint Augustine’s University Student Newspaper
• Saint Mary’s School Student Newspaper
• Salem College Student Newspaper
• South Granville High School Student Newspaper
• Southeastern Community College Student Newspaper
• St. Andrews University Student Newspaper
• The Guilfordian (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The University of North Carolina News Letter
• UNCW Today (University of North Carolina Wilmington Alumni Newsletter)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville Student Newspaper
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Student Newspaper
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro Student Newspaper at UNC Greensboro
• University of North Carolina Wilmington Student Newspaper
• Wake Forest University Student Newspaper at Wake Forest University
• Walter Williams High School Student Newspaper
• Wayne Community College Student Newspaper
• Weaver College Student Newspaper
• West Montgomery High School Student Newspaper
• West Street Graded School Student Newspaper
• Wilkes Community College Student Newspaper
• Winston-Salem State University Student Newspaper

Duke University - Durham

• DukEngineer 

East Carolina University - Greenville

• Eastern Reflector
• ECTC News (1923-1925)
• The Teco Echo (1926-1952)
• East Carolinian (1952-1969)
• Fountainhead (1969-1979)
• The East Carolinian (1979-present)
• Ebony Herald

High Point University - High Point

• ​Campus Chronicle
• HI-PO and Campus Chronicle 

​North Carolina A&T State University - Greensboro

• Register

North Carolina State University - Raleigh

• Nubian Message
• Technician

University of North Carolina - Greensboro

• The Carolinian

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Press

• Bragg Briefs
• The Other Side
• Head-ON!
• Rage
• Inquisition
• The Paper
• North Carolina Anvil

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Arden - Ardenotes (Company 413)
• Balsam Grove - Balsam Breeze (Company 428)
• Balsam Grove - Balsam Breeze (Company 428)
• Balsam Grove - Gloster Gazette (Company 428)
• Barnardsville - Craggy Echoes (Company 409)
• Bryson City - Forney News (Company 413)
• Durham - Camp Carr Cadence (Company 3414)
• Durham - Log (Company 436)
• Franklin - Camp Exchange (Company 455)
• Globe - Ccc Globe (Company 412)
• Globe - Globe Gazette (Company 412)
• Globe - Mountain Flattrap (Company 412)
• Marion - Four-O-One (Company 401)
• Monroe - Hickory Nut Shell (Company 3416)
• Morehead City - Sand Dune Echo (Company 432)
• Mortimer - Grandfather'S Diary (Company 403)
• Mortimer - Mortimizer (Company 403)
• Mt. Sterling - Big Creek Splash (Company 415)
• New Bern - Camp Patterson News (Company 296)
• Polkton - Conservationist (Company 437)
• Polkton - Critique (Company 437)
• Smokemont - Kephart Frontier (Company 411)
• Southport - Sand Spur (Company 427)
• Southport - Sapona Sandspur (Company 427)

Southern School News Archive 

Old Fulton Postcards

• Hamlet NC News Messenger
• Bibical Recorder NC
• Fayetteville NC Observer
• Monroe NC Journal
• Rockham NC Spirit Of The South
• Rockingham NC Angio Saxon
• Rockingham NC Daily Journal
• Rockingham NC Post Dispatch
• Rockingham NC Richmond County Journal
• Rockingham NC Rocket

Small Town Papers

• Kenly News Kenly, North Carolina
• The Southerner Welcome, North Carolina
• Spring Hope Enterprise Spring Hope, North Carolina
• The Sylva Herald and Ruralite Sylva, North Carolina
• Davidson Trader News Welcome
• Durham Skywriter Durham

The Olden Times - North Carolina

Newspaper Abstracts - North Carolina

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.

Other Free Sites:

Asheville

• Highland Churchman

Charlotte

• Catholic News Herald - 2000-present
• Inquisition

Cullowhee

• Cherokee Phoenix

Greensboro​

• NC Christian Advocate

Jefferson

• Ashe Presbyterian

New Bern

• North Carolina Gazette

Pembroke

• Pembroke Carolina Indian Voice (2002)

Raleigh

• Baptist Informer

• Biblical Recorder
• News & Observer Index 
• The Gazette

Tarborough

• Primitive Baptist

Wilson

• Zion's Landmark

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 36 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - North Carolina Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 311 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - North Carolina Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 59 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - North Carolina

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 1,076 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - North Carolina. 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the North Carolina Newspapers site from the North Carolina State Library from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability. It also has a locator which can tell you where hard copy and microfilm copies can be found.

Please note - even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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