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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bridgeton 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 Bridgeton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bridgeton. Our list contains 3 papers that were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Bridgeton.

Newspapers Neighboring Bridgeton ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km] of Bridgeton.

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

  • Published In Avondale [Jefferson County] ...
    • The Avondale Budget (from 1892)
    • The Silent Eye (from 1901)
  • Published In Gate City [Jefferson County] ...
    • The Humming Bird (from 1892)

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 from Point A (ie- Bridgeton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4440, Longitude: -86.6575       In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).