Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Carrollton 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Carrollton. In addition, the list contains another 37 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Carrollton. In total, we've identified 49 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Carrollton.

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 Carrollton.

Newspapers Published In Carrollton ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Carrollton:

Pickens County Herald (from 1986)
- Years of publication: 1986 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pickens County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87000284
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15344667
Pickens County Herald (from 1904)
- Years of publication: 1904 to 1905
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pickens County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050136
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18288592
Pickens County News (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pickens County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050377
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17022131
Pickens County Republican (from 1845)
- Years of publication: 1845 to 184?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pickens County Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84023457
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11026894
The Alabama Alliance News (from 1893)
- Years of publication: 1893 to 1900
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alabama Alliance News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050376
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17016591
The Alabamian-Herald (from 1905)
- Years of publication: 1905 to 1908
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alabamian-Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050380
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17016741
The Carrollton Situation (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Carrollton Situation
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050386
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17021953
The Pickens County News (from 1891)
- Years of publication: 1891 to 1893
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pickens County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050375
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17016486
The Pickens County Press (from 1883)
- Published during 1883
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pickens County Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050391
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020774
The Pickens Republican (from 184?)
- Years of publication: 184? to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pickens Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050382
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17019403
The West Alabamian (from 1908)
- Years of publication: 1908 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The West Alabamian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050378
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17016926
West Alabamian (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1905
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Alabamian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12705167

Newspapers Neighboring Carrollton ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Carrollton.

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

Published In Aliceville ...
- The Aliceville Times (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Aliceville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050374
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17010944
Published In Reform ...
- Pickens County Advertiser (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pickens County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050383
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17061268
- The Advertiser (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050384
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17061529
- The Reform Progress (from 1898)
  - Published during 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Reform Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050385
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17022065
Published In Pickensville ...
- Pickensville Register (from 1840)
  - Years of publication: 1840 to 184?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pickensville Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050392
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020311
- South Alabamian (from 1839)
  - Published during 1839
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86062023
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2683765
- The Pickensville Courier (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickensville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050393
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020084
- The Pickensville Journal (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickensville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050389
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020821
Published In Gordo ...
- Pickens Progressive Age (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pickens Progressive Age
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17019877
- The Gordo Enterprise (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gordo Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050387
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020854
- The Gordo Enterprise (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gordo Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050388
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020899
Published In Millport [Lamar County] ...
- The Gazette (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050471
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14996424
- The Millport Messenger (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1932
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Millport Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050123
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18265243
- West-Alabama Gazette (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West-Alabama Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050472
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14996511
Published In Kennedy [Lamar County] ...
- The Kennedy News (from 1890)
  - The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kennedy News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050121
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18265152
Published In Columbus [Lowndes County] ...
- We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Carrollton. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Carrollton

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Carrollton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carrollton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2619, Longitude: -88.0951 In this case, the coordinates for Carrollton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).