The Forsyth County news. (Cumming, Ga.) 19??-current

 

Title:

The Forsyth County news.

Place of Publication:

Cumming, Ga.

Geographic coverage:

  • Cumming, Forsyth county

Publisher:

J.B. Patterson

Dates of publication:

19??-current

Frequency:

Twice weekly

Languages:

  • English

Subjects:

  • Cumming (Ga.)--Newspapers.
  • Forsyth County (Ga.)--Newspapers.
  • Georgia--Cumming.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01217260
  • Georgia--Forsyth County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01213617

Notes:

  • Description based on: Vol. 9, no. 11 (Mar. 16, 1917).
  • Published on Sundays with title: Forsyth County news Sunday, or: Sunday Forsyth County news, <July 5, 1987>-

LCCN:

sn84007709

OCLC:

10639106

ISSN:

0747-2242

The Forsyth County news. January 6, 1916

About

J. B. Patterson founded the Forsyth County News in 1908 as a local eight-page paper in Cumming, Georgia. The newspaper was published every Thursday at a subscription cost of fifty cents annually. By 1910, Patterson achieved a circulation of 1,000 and continued to grow his paper until reaching 2,000 subscribers in 1920. Roy P. Otwell was owner of the paper by 1927, and the Forsyth County News absorbed its competitor the North Georgian that same year. Otwell continued to lead the paper for another twenty-seven years. In 1954, the Forsyth County News passed into new hands when Charles Smithgall Sr. purchased the newspaper. Now organized under the company Metro Market Media, the Forsyth County News continues today as Cumming, Georgia’s legal organ.