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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bear Creek. Our list contains 47 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Bear Creek.

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 Bear Creek.  

Newspapers Neighboring Bear Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Bear Creek.

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

  • Published In Tuscumbia  ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tuscumbia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tuscumbia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Bear Creek. This extended list includes all the papers from Tuscumbia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bear Creek
  • Published In Sheffield  ...
  • Published In Muscle Shoals  ...
  • Published In Florence [Lauderdale County] ...
    • 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 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Bear Creek. 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 Bear Creek
  • Published In Russellville [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Leighton  ...
    • The Leighton News (from 1890)

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bear Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bear Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6565, Longitude: -87.7334       In this case, the coordinates for Bear Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).