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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wylam 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wylam. In addition, the list contains another 186 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wylam. In total, we've identified 187 papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Wylam.

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 Wylam.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Wylam ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Wylam area:

Newspapers Neighboring Wylam ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Wylam.

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

  • Published In Ensley  ...
  • Published In Pratt Mines  ...
    • Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
  • Published In Pratt City  ...
    • Pratt City Democrat (from 1896)
    • Pratt City Herald (from 1899)
    • Pratt City Sun (from 1898)
      • The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pratt City Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044799
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12217832
    • The Commercial (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Commercial
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050407
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17279732
    • The Independent (from 1893)
    • The Pratt City Weekly News (from 1895)
  • Published In Elyton  ...
    • The Elyton Banner (from 1899)
    • The Elyton Herald (from 186?)
    • The Elyton Sun (from 187?)
    • The Jones Valley Times (from 1854)
  • Published In Birmingham  ...
    • We know of 186 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Birmingham. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Birmingham
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Wylam. This extended list includes all the papers from Birmingham. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wylam.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Wylam. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wylam) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wylam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5037, Longitude: -86.9221       In this case, the coordinates for Wylam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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