RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Monroe County >> Claiborne >> Local NewspapersIndex...

Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Claiborne 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Claiborne. In addition, the list contains another 13 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Claiborne. In total, we've identified 20 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Claiborne.

Newspapers Published In Claiborne ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Claiborne:

Newspapers Neighboring Claiborne ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Claiborne.

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

  • Published In Frisco City  ...
  • Published In Monroeville  ...
    • The Monroe Argus (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Monroe Argus
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050149
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15683019
    • The Monroe Current Event (from 1919)
    • The Monroe Democrat (from 1896)
    • The Monroe Journal (from 19??)
    • The Monroe News (from 1900)
  • Published In Suggsville [Clarke County] ...
  • Published In Grove Hill [Clarke County] ...
  • Published In Lower Peach Tree [Wilcox County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Claiborne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claiborne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5416, Longitude: -87.5127       In this case, the coordinates for Claiborne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).