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The Toccoa Record

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The Toccoa Record
The newspaper office in downtown Toccoa
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
EditorMichael O’Hearn[1]
Founded1873
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersToccoa, GA, 30577
United States
OCLC number22045276
Websitethetoccoarecord.com

The Toccoa Record is a weekly newspaper in Toccoa, Georgia, and Stephens County. It covers Toccoa and Stephens County.

History[edit]

Font page of The Toccoa Record on March 8, 1901

The newspaper is the oldest business in Stephens County. It launched in 1873.[2] Until 1901, the paper was known as The Southern Record and was published by Southern Publishing Company.[3]

In 1995, the newspaper was purchased by Community Newspapers Inc., which is based in Athens, Georgia.[1] That same year it merged with the Stephens County Chieftain.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "O'Hearn joins Record as editor, succeeding Law". The Toccoa Record. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  2. ^ "About Us". The Toccoa Record. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  3. ^ "The Southern record. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1897-1901 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  4. ^ "Chieftain & Toccoa Record 1995-1999". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2024-06-10.