Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Compton 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 Compton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Compton. Our list contains 15 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Compton.

Newspapers Neighboring Compton ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Compton.

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

Published In Springville [Saint Clair County] ...
- Sunshine (from 1885)
  - The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sunshine
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050338
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14120514
- The Springville Item (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Springville Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044776
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12157036
- The Springville News (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Springville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044780
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12157255
- The St. Clair Clarion (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Clair Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83005367
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10199338
- The St. Clair Democrat (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Clair Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050281
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16532973
Published In Oneonta ...
- Blount County Messenger (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blount County Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044615
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12085746
- The American (from 192?)
  - Published during 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050346
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16914411
- The Blount Countian (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blount Countian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099009
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21214814
- The Blount County Journal (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blount County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044722
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12224411
- The Blount County Observer (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blount County Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044721
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12224254
- The Southern Tribune (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southern Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050347
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16914507
Published In Bangor ...
- The Bangor Broad-Axe (from 187?)
  - Published during 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bangor Broad-Axe
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023450
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11036601
Published In Trussville [Jefferson County] ...
- The Jefferson Advertiser (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jefferson Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050452
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14878777
- Trussville News-Journal (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Trussville News-Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099005
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21265218
- Trussville News (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Trussville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044883
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12439462

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Compton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Compton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8164, Longitude: -86.6277 In this case, the coordinates for Compton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).