Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 15 newspapers that have been published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Alden. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
- Published in Pratt Mines [Jefferson County] - now historic
- The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jefferson Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044797
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217805
Mine Workers Coronal (from 1901)
- Published in Blossburg [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mine Workers Coronal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050454
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14878910
Pratt City Democrat (from 1896)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pratt City Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044798
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217798
Pratt City Herald (from 1899)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1899 to 1901
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pratt City Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044795
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217896
Pratt City Sun (from 1898)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- 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 Blossburg Star (from 1901)
- Published in Blossburg [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blossburg Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050373
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14283612
The Commercial (from 189?)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- 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 Ensley Herald (from 1901)
- Published in Ensley [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 1907
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ensley Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044794
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217890
The Independent (from 1962)
- Published in Gardendale [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1962 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050357
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16920187
The Independent (from 1893)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044745
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12164373
The Journal-Star (from 1965)
- Published in Sumiton [Walker County]
- Years of publication: 1965 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal-Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89050003
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19062945
The North Jefferson News (from 1970)
- Published in Gardendale [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1970 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The North Jefferson News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050339
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14120606
The Pratt City Weekly News (from 1895)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pratt City Weekly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044800
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217827
The Voice Of The People (from 190?)
- Published in Ensley [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 190? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Voice Of The People
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050010
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17407511
The Wylam New Era (from 1903)
- Published in Wylam [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1903 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wylam New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14245529

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- Alden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6390, Longitude: -86.9653 In this case, the coordinates for Alden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).