Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Shorter.

Our newspaper information for Shorter is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shorter. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shorter. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Shorter.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shorter.

Newspapers Neighboring Shorter ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Shorter.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Shorter.

Published In Tuskegee ...
- Macon County Democrat (from 1892)
  - Published during 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Macon County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11614166
- Macon Republican (from 184?)
  - Years of publication: 184? to 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Macon Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050097
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13290398
- The Confederate States (from 1861)
  - Years of publication: 1861 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Confederate States
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050102
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291487
- The Gazette (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044591
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11935996
- The Macon Mail (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Macon Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044553
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11789781
- The Messenger (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92063894
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26654014
- The Negro Farmer (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Negro Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2004225260
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 55899359
- The News (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025448
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9472648
- The News (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11669928
- The Reporter (from 189?)
  - Published during 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050050
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17673277
- The True Union (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The True Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12845503
- The Tuskegee Herald (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tuskegee Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050103
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13291570
- The Tuskegee News (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tuskegee News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050104
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12901976
- The Tuskegee News (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tuskegee News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050105
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12898266
- The Tuskegee Progressive Times (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tuskegee Progressive Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050100
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13290841
- The Tuskegee Voice (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tuskegee Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13290757
- The Weekly Gazette (from 1885)
  - Years of publication: 1885 to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044590
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11921023
- Tuskegee Reporter (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tuskegee Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050049
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17673267
- Tuskegee Republican (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tuskegee Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050098
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13290462
- Tuskegee Times (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tuskegee Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13290880
- Tuskegee Weekly News (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1888
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tuskegee Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023613
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10965485
Published In Eclectic [Elmore County] ...
- The Eclectic Enterprise (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eclectic Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050155
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13493709
- The Eclectic Observer (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eclectic Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099004
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21265141
- The Elmore Banner (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elmore Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050156
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13493827
Published In Wetumpka [Elmore County] ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wetumpka. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Wetumpka
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Shorter. This extended list includes all the papers from Wetumpka. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shorter

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Shorter: www.shorteralabama.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shorter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shorter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4005, Longitude: -85.9386 In this case, the coordinates for Shorter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).