Newspapers

Current Newspapers Of Cabarrus County

Previous Newspapers

This list is from the NC State University Library. Some of these are on microfilm at the library, and may be available through inter-library loan.

Cabarrus Adviser
Began in 1974
Earliest known issue: June 27, 1974
Last known issue: Oct. 3, 1974
OCLC #40692953
Continued by: Cabarrus Free Press

Cabarrus Free Press
Began in 1973
Earliest known issue: May 2, 1974
Ceased in 1974
Last known issue: May 16, 1974
OCLC #40692766
Continued by: Cabarrus Adviser

Carolina Flag
Began in 1861
Earliest known issue: Apr. 30, 1861
Last known issue: Mar. 11, 1862
OCLC #12589484

Chronicle
See: Chronicle (Albemarle, Stanly County, NC)

Concord Daily Tribune (1910)
Began in 1910
Earliest known issue: July 1, 1910
Ceased in 1930
Last known issue: Aug. 30, 1930
OCLC #26731342
Continues as: Evening Times
Merged with: Concord Times, to form: Concord Daily Tribune and the Concord Times

Concord Daily Tribune (1931)
Began in 1931
Earliest known issue: Dec. 5, 1931
Ceased in 1939
Last known issue: Dec. 31, 1931
OCLC #26731182
Continues as: Concord Daily Tribune and the Concord Times
Continued by: The Concord Tribune
On Sundays published as “The Sunday Herald-Tribune” Mar. 6, 1938 – Mar. 31, 1939

Concord Daily Tribune and the Concord Times
Began in 1930
Earliest known issue: Sept. 1, 1930
Ceased in 1931
Last known issue: Dec. 4, 1931
OCLC #26731330
Formed by the union of: Concord Daily Tribune (1910), and: Concord Times
Continued by: Concord Daily Tribune (1931)

Concord Mercury

Concord Observer
Earliest known issue: Apr. 26, 1917
Last known issue: Nov. 21, 1918
OCLC #24293441

Concord Register
Began in 1875
Earliest known issue: Nov. 5, 1875
Last known issue: May 8, 1885
OCLC #11472315
Absorbed by: Times

Concord Sun
Began in 1873
Earliest known issue: Feb. 1, 1876
Ceased in 1880?
Last known issue: Aug. 14, 1880
OCLC #10460318
Continued by: Sun

Concord Times
Began in 1894
Earliest known issue: July 5, 1894
Ceased in 1930
Last known issue: Dec. 30, 1929
OCLC #24242196
Continues: Times
Absorbed: Daily Concord Standard
Merged with: Concord Daily Tribune (1910), to form: Concord Daily Tribune and the Concord Times
Weekly: July 5, 1894 – Nov. 4, 1903
Semi-weekly: Nov. 10, 1903 – 1930

The Concord Tribune
Began in 1939
Ceased in 1996
No known issues
OCLC #35655849
Continues: Concord Daily Tribune (1931)
Merged with: Daily Independent, to form: Independent Tribune
See also: Evening Tribune

Concord Weekly Gazette
Began in 1854
Earliest known issue: Feb. 24, 1855
Last known issue: Mar. 7, 1857
OCLC #24231808

Daily Concord Standard
Began in 1895
Earliest known issue: Aug. 17, 1895
Ceased in 1902
Last known issue: Apr. 21, 1900
OCLC #24242632
Continues: Daily Standard
Absorbed by: Concord Times

Daily Standard
Began in 1890
Earliest known issue: Jan. 13, 1893
Ceased in 1895
Last known issue: Aug. 16, 1895
OCLC #24242579
Continued by: Daily Concord Standard

Enterprise
Began in 1883
Earliest known issue: May 23, 1883
Last known issue: June 2, 1883
OCLC #24231554

Evening Tribune
Began in 1900
Earliest known issue: July 1, 1904
Ceased in 1910
Last known issue: Apr. 23, 1910
OCLC #27404064
Continued by: Concord Daily Tribune (1910)
Published as “The Concord Tribune”, Apr. 15-18, 1910
Suspended with Aug. 24, 1908 issue; resumed with Oct. 13, 1908 issue

Herald-Observer
Earliest and last known issue: Apr. 12, 1936
OCLC #40227625

People’s Paper
Began in 1873?
Earliest and last known issue: Sept. 27, 1879
OCLC #24231859

Prohibition Banner
Began in 1886
Earliest known issue: May 13, 1886
Last known issue: Aug. 5, 1886
OCLC #24231427

Semi-weekly Tribune
Began in 1900?
Ceased in 1910?
No known issues
OCLC #27476853
On microfilm at Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library 8/12-12/30/1907
Other ed.: Evening tribune

Standard
Began in 1888
Earliest known issue: Jan. 14, 1888
Last known issue: Dec. 29, 1898
OCLC #24242435
Some issues carry also whole numbering: Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 18, 1889)
Other eds.: Daily Standard; Daily Concord Standard

Sun
Began in 1881?
Earliest and last known issue: Mar. 25, 1881
OCLC #11472831
Continues: Concord Sun

The Sunday Herald-Tribune
See: Concord Daily Tribune (1931)

Temperance Herald
Earliest and last known issue: June 16, 1881
OCLC #24231497

Times
Began in 1883
Earliest known issue: Nov. 19, 1885
Ceased in 1894
Last known issue: June 28, 1894
OCLC #24242148
Absorbed: Concord Register
Continued by: Concord Times

Twin-City Weekly
Began in 1972
Earliest and last known issue: Mar. 23, 1972
OCLC #38214687
Masthead reads: “Serving Rowan-Cabarrus Counties”

The Vestibule

The Independent Press – probably the first newspaper in Concord; edited and published by J O H Nuttall; not known when it started or when it ended; known publication of Nov 7, 1868, telling of the election of Ulysses S Grant as President.

Kannapolis Newspapers

Daily Independent
Earliest and last known issue: July 7, 1950
Ceased in 1996
OCLC #27404140
Continues: Independent
Merged with: The Concord Tribune, to form: Independent Tribune

Independent
Began in 1929
Earliest and last known issue: May 29, 1936
OCLC #43693610
Continued by: Daily Independent

Independent Tribune
Began in 1996?
No known issues or OCLC number
Formed by the union of: Daily Independent, and: The Concord Tribune

Twin-City Weekly
See: Twin-City Weekly (Concord, N.C.)