Getting Out the News in McDowell County, North Carolina

If you think your family member might have been in newsworthy articles or you are looking for weddings or obituaries, then the Newspaper are a wealth of information.

McDowell County, North Carolina had several newspapers that have been digitalized and have searchable databases:

Old Fort News from 1927 - 1931 was a center page of news in the Marion Progress. Social tidbits about the 3,500 citizens of Old Fort township appeared in the Old Fort News. Editor was Gertrude Dula (1884-1931) a milliner and native of Old Fort.

The Western Enterprise - 1862; 2 issues

The Lamp Post - 1881; 1 issue

Marion Record - 1894 - 1895; 86 issues

Marion Messenger - 1896 - 1898; 87 issues

McDowell Democrat was published from 1896 - 1909, covering not only McDowell County but Western North Carolina. Then in 1909 a partnership sought to change the name of the newspaper for the sake of progress. North Carolina Digital website has searchable images for the McDowell Democrat

Marion Progress from 1909 - 1956. Read more about the partnership and history of the newspaper by clicking on the links. Digitalnc.org provides access to 1,914 issues from 1905 - 1949 of the Marion Progress.

If you have access to Newspapers.com, you can search 51,733 pages of The McDowell Newspaper from 2010-2023.

Digital North Carolina proves access to other North Carolina Newspapers.

Other North Carolina newspapers are listed on the Library of Congress website.