Rome Tribune-Herald

HISTORY

Newspaper

  • 1860 Rome weekly courier published by M. Dwinell.

  • 1865 Daily commercial (Rome, Ga. : 1865) established (published by M.A. Nevin & Co.) until 1876.

  • 1881 Rome daily courier established and published by M. Dwinell. It was preceded by Rome tri-weekly courier .

  • 1887 Rome weekly courier becomes Weekly tribune (Rome, Ga.). It would become the Rome tribune [weekly].

  • 1908 Rome tribune (Rome, Ga. : Daily), Rome tribune [weekly], and Rome herald (Rome, Ga.) merged to form Rome tribune-herald

  • 1919 Rome news established (published by News Pub. Co.).

  • 1923 Rome news and Rome tribune-herald merge to form the Rome news-tribune (published by News Pub. Co.), which is still in publication.

City

County seat of Floyd County

County

Superior Court Districts

  • Cherokee Circuit, Dec. 3, 1832-Feb. 28, 1856

  • Tallapoosa Circuit, Feb. 28, 1856-1869

  • Rome Circuit, 1869-

Population - Census

  • 1840 4441

  • 1850 8205

  • 1860 15195

  • 1870 17230

  • 1880 24418

  • 1890 28391

  • 1900 33113

  • 1910 36736

  • 1920 39841

  • 1930 48667

  • 1940 56141

  • 1950 62899

  • 1960 69130

  • 1970 73742

FILM HOLDINGS

Daily commercial (Rome, Ga. : 1865) sn 85034100

  1. Mar 18, 1874 - Apr 29, 1874

Rome daily courier sn 90052346

  1. Jan 10, 1882 - Dec 3, 1886

Rome tribune (Rome, Ga. : Daily) (2002233213 )

  1. Nov 8, 1893 - Jun 15, 1894

  2. Jun 16, 1894 - Nov 30, 1894

  3. Dec 1, 1894-Mar 31, 1895

  4. Apr 2-Aug 15, 1895

  5. Aug 16 - 30, Nov 1895

  6. Dec 1, 1895-Mar 31, 1896

  7. Apr 1-Jul 31, 1896

  8. Aug 1-Nov 29, 1896

  9. Dec 1-31, 1896

  10. Jul 1-Oct 15, 1897

  11. Oct 16 - Dec 31, 1897

  12. Jan 1-Apr 30, 1903

  13. May 1-Aug 15, 1903

  14. Aug 16 - Dec 31, 1903

  15. Jan 1-Apr 15, 1905

  16. Apr 16 - Jul 15, 1905

  17. Nov 16, 1905-Mar 16, 1906

  18. Apr 1-Jul 15, 1906

  19. Jul 17-Nov 15, 1906

  20. Nov 16 - Dec 29, 1906

Rome tribune-herald sn 89054002

  1. Jan 1-Apr 15, 1914

  2. Apr 16 - Aug 15, 1914

  3. Aug 16 - Dec 15, 1914

  4. Dec 16 - Dec 31, 1914

  5. Jan 2-Apr 15, 1917

  6. Apr 17-Jul 31, 1917

  7. Aug-Nov 1917

  8. Dec 1917-Mar 1918

  9. Apr-Jul 1918

  10. Aug-Nov, 1918

  11. Dec, 1918

  12. Jul 17, 1921 - Dec 1921

  13. Jan 1, 1922 - Jul 15, 1922

  14. Jul 16, 1922 - Jan 14, 1923