Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ashland 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 11 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ashland. In addition, the list contains another 44 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ashland. In total, we've identified 55 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Ashland.

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 Ashland.

Newspapers Published In Ashland ...

We know of 11 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ashland:

Clay County Advance (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Clay County Advance
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050474
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15002138
People's Party Advocate (from 1893)
- Years of publication: 1893 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the People's Party Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050477
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15002342
The Ashland Banner (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to 1883
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ashland Banner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050148
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13459291
The Ashland News (from 1880)
- Years of publication: 1880 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ashland News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050025
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17543858
The Ashland Progress (from 1909)
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ashland Progress
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044701
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11827150
The Ashland Times (from 1869)
- Years of publication: 1869 to 1875
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ashland Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85033049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11633686
The Lineville Educator (from 1887)
- Years of publication: 1887 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lineville Educator
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050153
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13461496
The Mountain Picket (from 1881)
- Published during 1881
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mountain Picket
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050147
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13459268
The News (from 1878)
- Years of publication: 1878 to 1880
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050476
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15002304
The Populist (from 1892)
- Years of publication: 1892 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Populist
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050151
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13459797
The Standard (from 189?)
- Years of publication: 189? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050047
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17673104

Newspapers Neighboring Ashland ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Ashland.

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

Published In Lineville ...
- Clay County Free Press (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Clay County Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13459707
- The Central Democrat (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Central Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050149
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13459367
- The Clay Times-Journal (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clay Times-Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099011
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22413044
- The Lineville Headlight (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1933
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lineville Headlight
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044936
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12574627
- The Lineville Tribune (from 1933)
  - Years of publication: 1933 to 1990
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lineville Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044702
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11832172
Published In Talladega [Talladega County] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Talladega. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Talladega
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Ashland. This extended list includes all the papers from Talladega. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashland
Published In Goodwater [Coosa County] ...
- Goodwater Enterprise (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1942
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Goodwater Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12854192
- The Coosa County Enterprise (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coosa County Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045040
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12737082
- The Coosa County News (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coosa County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13958265
- The Coosa Press (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coosa Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050293
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13956511
- The Enterprise-Chronicle (from 1943)
  - Years of publication: 1943 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise-Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045143
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12928349
Published In Wedowee [Randolph County] ...
- Southern Mercury (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1860
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southern Mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044716
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12125986
- The American Eagle (from 1855)
  - Years of publication: 1855 to 1857
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The American Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365114
- The News Journal (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365403
- The Randolph County Democrat (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044717
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12126108
- The Randolph Enterprise (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11669932
- The Randolph Press (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050138
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13380437
- The Randolph Star (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045086
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12848059
- The Randolph Toiler (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Toiler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365350
- The Toiler (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Toiler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365180

Footnotes ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Ashland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2739, Longitude: -85.8353