Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Benton.
Our newspaper information for Benton 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Benton. In addition, the list contains another 28 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Benton. In total, we've identified 30 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Benton.
Newspapers Published In Benton ...
The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Benton:
- Benton Watchman (from 1899)
- The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Benton Watchman
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050264
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13802694
- The Weekly Herald (from 185?)
Newspapers Neighboring Benton ...
The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Benton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Benton.
- Published In Hayneville ...
- Hayneville Chronicle (from 1860)
- Lowndes County Observer And Spirit Of The Times (from 183?)
- Spirit Of The Times (from 1835)
- The Alabamian (from 1840)
- The Chronicle (from 18??)
- The Chronicle (from 18??)
- The Citizen-Examiner (from 18??)
- The Hayneville Examiner (from 1868)
- The Lowndes County Chronicle (from 1851)
- The Lowndes County Chronicle (from 183?)
- The Lowndes News (from 1899)
- The South-Alabamian And, Lowndes County Advertiser (from 183?)
- The Spirit Of The Times And Hayneville Observer (from 1836)
- The Watchman (from 185?)
- The Weekly News (from 1897)
- Published In Prattville [Autauga County] ...
- Southern Statesman (from 1854)
- The Autauga Citizen (from 1853)
- The Autauga News (from 1900)
- The Prattville Progress (from 1886)
- The Prattville Progress (from 1987)
- The Progress (from 1983)
- The Southern Signal (from 1877)
- The Sun (from 1966)
- Years of publication: 1966 to 1971
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044501
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11614131
- Published In Fort Deposit ...
- Fort Deposit Clarion (from 1916)
- Fort Deposit Vindicator (from 1897)
- The Fort Deposit Mail (from 1900)
- The Lowndes Signal (from 1925)
- The Reflector (from 190?)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3078, Longitude: -86.8180 In this case, the coordinates for Benton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |