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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Birmingham 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 186 papers that were published in the immediate area of Birmingham. In addition, the list contains another 17 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Birmingham. In total, we've identified 203 papers within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Birmingham.

Newspapers Published In Birmingham ...

We know of 186 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Birmingham:

Newspapers Neighboring Birmingham ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Birmingham.

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

  • Published In Avondale  ...
    • The Avondale Budget (from 1892)
    • The Silent Eye (from 1901)
  • Published In Elyton  ...
    • The Elyton Banner (from 1899)
    • The Elyton Herald (from 186?)
    • The Elyton Sun (from 187?)
    • The Jones Valley Times (from 1854)
  • Published In Inglenook  ...
    • Inglenook Home (from 1913)
  • Published In Pratt City  ...
    • Pratt City Democrat (from 1896)
    • Pratt City Herald (from 1899)
    • Pratt City Sun (from 1898)
      • The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pratt City Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044799
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12217832
    • The Commercial (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Commercial
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050407
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17279732
    • The Independent (from 1893)
    • The Pratt City Weekly News (from 1895)
  • Published In Ensley  ...
  • Published In Gate City  ...
    • The Humming Bird (from 1892)
  • Published In Pratt Mines  ...
    • Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Birmingham: www.informationbirmingham.com/

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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- Birmingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birmingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5278, Longitude: -86.8043    









 

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