Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Atlas is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atlas. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Atlas. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Atlas.

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 Atlas.

Newspapers Neighboring Atlas ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Atlas.

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

Published In Bailey Springs ...
- The Bailey Springs Journal (from 1897)
  - The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bailey Springs Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89050032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20067914
Published In Florence ...
- We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Florence. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Florence
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Atlas. This extended list includes all the papers from Florence. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Atlas
Published In Loretto [Lawrence County] ...
- The Union (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058169
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19110662

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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- Atlas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atlas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9136, Longitude: -87.5176 In this case, the coordinates for Atlas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).