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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Balkum 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 Balkum. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Balkum. Our list contains 73 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Balkum.

Newspapers Neighboring Balkum ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Balkum.

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

  • Published In Newville  ...
  • Published In Headland  ...
  • Published In Abbeville  ...
  • Published In Napier Field [Dale County] ...
  • Published In Ashford [Houston County] ...
    • The Ashford Power (from 197?)
  • Published In Dothan [Houston County] ...
  • Published In Fort Gaines [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Midland City [Dale County] ...
  • Published In Parish [Houston County] ...
    • The Parrish News (from 1929)
  • Published In Blakely [Early County] ...
    • Early County News (from 1859)
  • Published In Pinckard [Dale County] ...
  • Published In Newton [Dale County] ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Balkum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Balkum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4177, Longitude: -85.2274       In this case, the coordinates for Balkum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).