Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Canton 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 31 papers that were published in the immediate area of Canton. In addition, the list contains another 5 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Canton. In total, we've identified 36 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Canton.

Newspapers Published In Canton ...

We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Canton:

American Citizen (from 1851)
- Years of publication: 1851 to 1863
- Issues available online: 142
- Scanned issues: January 15, 1859 to February 17, 1866
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: American Citizen
- Holdings: LCCN SN83016736
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10079820
- ISSN Number: 2378-1475
American Citizen (from 1864)
- Years of publication: 1864 to 1890
- Issues available online: 846
- Scanned issues: October 1, 1865 to November 12, 1881
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: American Citizen
- Holdings: LCCN SN83016739
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10080579
- ISSN Number: 2378-1459
American Citizen (from 1864)
- Years of publication: 1864 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the American Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218650
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905964105
American Citizen (from 1851)
- Years of publication: 1851 to 1863
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the American Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218651
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905965313
Banner County Times (from 1937)
- Years of publication: 1937 to 1940
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Banner County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86074071
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14865968
Canton Herald And Mississippi Intelligencer (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1837
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Canton Herald And Mississippi Intelligencer
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218652
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905969460
Canton Herald And Mississippi Intelligencer (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1837
- Issues available online: 1
- Scanned issues: April 21, 1837 to April 21, 1837
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Canton Herald And Mississippi Intelligencer
- Holdings: LCCN SN86074098
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14879268
- ISSN Number: 2378-1491
Canton Herald (from 1837)
- Years of publication: 1837 to 1839
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Canton Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218653
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905969837
Canton Herald (from 1837)
- Years of publication: 1837 to 1839
- Issues available online: 56
- Scanned issues: July 28, 1837 to January 2, 1839
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Canton Herald
- Holdings: LCCN SN86053970
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14879188
- ISSN Number: 2378-1513
Canton Tri-Weekly Citizen (from 1864)
- Published during 1864
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Canton Tri-Weekly Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83016738
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10080032
Independent Democrat (from 1842)
- Years of publication: 1842 to 1844
- Issues available online: 88
- Scanned issues: September 17, 1842 to December 11, 1844
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Independent Democrat
- Holdings: LCCN SN83016863
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10192789
- ISSN Number: 2469-6412
Madison Whig Advocate (from 1839)
- Years of publication: 1839 to 1841
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Madison Whig Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218660
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905981563
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- Madison Whig Advocate (from 1839)
  - Years of publication: 1839 to 1841
  - Issues available online: 101
  - Scanned issues: January 19, 1839 to February 13, 1841
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Madison Whig Advocate
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86074078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14517844
  - ISSN Number: 2378-1793
- The Canton Mail (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Canton Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015218654
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 905971389
- The Canton Mail (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1882
  - Issues available online: 77
  - Scanned issues: January 2, 1875 to July 22, 1876
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Canton Mail
  - Holdings: LCCN SN85034299
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12630595
  - ISSN Number: 2378-1564
- The Canton Picket (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Canton Picket
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074076
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868056
- The Canton Progress (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Canton Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074074
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14866130
- The Canton Times (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Canton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015270572
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 918942323
- The Canton Times (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 1906
  - Issues available online: 411
  - Scanned issues: August 10, 1894 to February 26, 1904
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Canton Times
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86074075
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868163
  - ISSN Number: 2381-6767
- The Canton Weekly Mail (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Canton Weekly Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053971
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14929418
- The Commonwealth (from 1855)
  - Years of publication: 1855 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83016781
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10111768
- The Daily Picket (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Picket
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065306
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15674525
- The Democrat (from 1893)
  - Published during 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877624
- The Madison County Herald (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868244
- The Madison Democrat (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074097
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14866322
- The Madisonian (from 1850)
  - Years of publication: 1850 to 1855
  - Issues available online: 47
  - Scanned issues: February 21, 1850 to January 16, 1851
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Madisonian
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86074079
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14866395
  - ISSN Number: 2469-665x
- The Mississippi Creole (from 1841)
  - Years of publication: 1841 to 1851
  - Issues available online: 323
  - Scanned issues: May 29, 1841 to January 14, 1851
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Mississippi Creole
  - Holdings: LCCN SN83016872
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10196482
  - ISSN Number: 2469-7265
- The Picket (from 1883)
  - Published during 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Picket
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877828
- The Tri-Weekly Citizen (from 1863)
  - Years of publication: 1863 to 1864
  - Issues available online: 17
  - Scanned issues: November 12, 1863 to December 29, 1863
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Tri-Weekly Citizen
  - Holdings: LCCN SN83016737
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10079989
  - ISSN Number: 2470-2609
- The Weekly Democrat (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14877562
- The Weekly Picket (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 19??
  - Issues available online: 2
  - Scanned issues: September 21, 1894 to March 22, 1907
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Weekly Picket
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86074081
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868099
  - ISSN Number: 2470-2374

Newspapers Neighboring Canton ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Canton.

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

Published In Ridgeland ...
- Twin City-Madison County Press (from 1982)
  - Years of publication: 1982 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Twin City-Madison County Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065587
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16291572
Published In Flora ...
- The Flora Outlook (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Flora Outlook
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065093
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15123271
Published In Benton [Yazoo County] ...
- Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  - Years of publication: 1838 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Yazoo Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074035
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14517887
Published In Bentonia [Yazoo County] ...
- Bentonia News (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bentonia News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065656
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15566771
Published In Pickens [Holmes County] ...
- The Pickens Post (from 1885)
  - The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickens Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065555
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16171134

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Canton: www.cityofcanton.net/

The official website for Madison County: www.madison-co.com/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Canton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6128, Longitude: -90.0348