Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Athens.
Our newspaper information for Athens 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 25 papers that were published in the immediate area of Athens. In addition, the list contains another 16 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Athens. In total, we've identified 41 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Athens.
Newspapers Published In Athens ...
We know of 25 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Athens:
- Alabama Statesman (from 184?)
- Athens LC News Courier (from 1968)
- Athens LC News Leader (from 196?)
- Dollar Whig (from 18??)
- The Alabama Courier (from 1880)
- The Alabama Farmer (from 1888)
- The Allience Banner (from 1888)
- The Athenian (from 1828)
- The Athens Array (from 189?)
- The Athens Democrat (from 1886)
- The Athens Democrat (from 1889)
- The Athens Herald (from 1851)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- The Athens Herald (from 1889)
- The Athens Post (from 1871)
- The Athens Post (from 1865)
- The Athens Post (from 1884)
- The Athens Post (from 1881)
- The Athens Weekly Post (from 1867)
- The Limestone Advertiser (from 1891)
- The Limestone Democrat (from 1891)
- The Limestone Enterprise (from 1891)
- The Limestone News (from 1871)
- The Limestone Reporter (from 197?)
- The Volunteer (from 186?)
- Weekly Chronicle (from 184?)
Newspapers Neighboring Athens ...
The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Athens.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Athens.
- Published In Elkmont ...
- The Elkmont Enterprise (from 1891)
- Published In Decatur [Morgan County] ...
- Decatur Daily Journal (from 18??)
- Decatur Free Lance (from 1847)
- Decatur News & Democrat (from 187?)
- Morgan Advertiser (from 1849)
- North Alabama Times (from 185?)
- Speakin' Out Weekly News (from 198?)
- The Decatur Daily (from 1927)
- The Decatur Free Press (from 197?)
- The Decatur News (from 1872)
- The Decatur Weekly News (from 188?)
- The Guardian (from 1910)
- The Investigator (from 1834)
- The first year of publication was in 1834, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Investigator
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86072196
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2623769
- The Morgan County Press (from 1975)
- The Tennessee Valley (from 1885)
- Published In Madison [Madison County] ...
- Madison County Record (from 196?)
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Athens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Athens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8024, Longitude: -86.9722 |