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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.

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

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  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.