Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelika.
Our newspaper information for Opelika is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 40 papers that were published in the immediate area of Opelika. In addition, the list contains another 33 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Opelika. In total, we've identified 73 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Opelika.
Newspapers Published In Opelika ...
We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Opelika:
- East Alabama Monitor (from 186?)
- Opelika Daily Morning Industrial News (from 1890)
- Opelika Daily News (from 1904)
- Opelika Free Press And East Alabamian (from 1930)
- Opelika Herald (from 1893)
- The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Opelika Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050055
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13083026
- Opelika Industrial News (from 1890)
- Opelika Observer (from 1873)
- Opelika Tri-Weekly Locomotive (from 186?)
- Opelika Union (from 1865)
- Opelika Weekly Era And Whig (from 1871)
- Opelika Weekly Locomotive (from 18??)
- Opelika Weekly Observer (from 187?)
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- Opelika Weekly Times (from 1874)
- Southern Reformer (from 187?)
- The Opelika Daily Times (from 1874)
- The Opelika Democrat (from 1887)
- The Opelika Eagle (from 1947)
- The Opelika Leader (from 1878)
- The Opelika Locomotive (from 1871)
- The Opelika Morning Post (from 1908)
- The Opelika New Era (from 1869)
- The Opelika Observer (from 1875)
- The Opelika Post (from 1894)
- The Opelika Recorder (from 186?)
- The Opelika Semi-Weekly Democrat (from 1889)
- The Opelika Times (from 1877)
- The Opelika-Auburn News (from 1969)
- The People's Choice (from 1894)
- The Progressive Age (from 18??)
- The Saturday Evening News (from 1883)
- The Southern Era (from 1860)
- The Southern Republic (from 1861)
- The Times (from 1886)
- The Tri-Weekly Era And Whig (from 1870)
- The True Union (from 1871)
- The Union Republican (from 1869)
- The Weekly Era And Whig (from 1870)
- The Weekly Southern Era (from 185?)
- Tri-Weekly New Era (from 1870)
- Weekly Observer (from 1872)
Newspapers Neighboring Opelika ...
The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Opelika.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Opelika.
- Published In Auburn ...
- The Auburn Bulletin & The Lee County Eagle (from 198?)
- The Auburn Bulletin (from 1968)
- The Auburn Gazette (from 1852)
- The Auburn Plainsman (from 19??)
- The Auburn Times (from 1935)
- The Auburn Times (from 1937)
- The Auburn Villager (from 2006)
- The Lee County Bulletin (from 1937)
- The Lee County Eagle (from 19??)
- The Sketch Book (from 1860)
- Published In LaFayette [Chambers County] ...
- Chambers County Democrat (from 188?)
- Southern Sentinel (from 185?)
- The Chambers Tribune (from 1849)
- The East-Alabamian (from 184?)
- The LaFayette Sun (from 1880)
- The Lafayette Clipper (from 1873)
- The People's Journal (from 18??)
- Tri-Counties News (from 1930)
- Published In Camp Hill [Tallapoosa County] ...
- Camp Hill News (from 1907)
- Camp Hill Star (from 1924)
- The Camp Hill News (from 1949)
- The Camp Hill Times (from 1900)
- The Independent (from 189?)
- The Tallapoosa News (from 1914)
- Published In Lanett [Chambers County] ...
- Chattahoochee Valley Times (from 1914)
- The Chambers County News (from 1936)
- The Valley Daily Times-News (from 1950)
- The Valley Times-News (from 1956)
- The Valley Tribune (from 19??)
- Weekly Times News (from 1954)
- Published In Notasulga [Macon County] ...
- The Notasulga Journal (from 1908)
- The Notasulga News (from 1930)
- The Notasulga Times (from 1976)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Opelika: www.opelika.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Opelika) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Opelika. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6600, Longitude: -85.3803 In this case, the coordinates for Opelika have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |