"A" is for the Aiken Standard

"A" is for the Aiken Standard [daily circulation 13, 910]. The Aiken Standard is a daily newspaper published in the city of Aiken. It traces its origins to the late 1860s when the noted botanist Henry William Ravenel established a short-lived weekly, the Aiken Press. The paper then went through a number of owners, mergers and name changes until in 1930 it became the Aiken Standard & Review—published weekly. It was, at the time, the only newspaper in Aiken County. The 1952 arrival of the Savannah River atomic energy facility triggered a population and economic boom in the county. The Standard & Review became a morning daily. In 1968, the Evening Post Company of Charleston bought out the local owners. In 1969 the Aiken Standard & Review had its name shortened to the Aiken Standard.