Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elgin 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 Elgin. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Elgin. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Elgin.

Newspapers Neighboring Elgin ...

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

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

Published In Rogersville ...
- East Lauderdale News (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Lauderdale News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15233238
Published In Bailey Springs ...
- The Bailey Springs Journal (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 Bailey Springs Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89050032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20067914
Published In Town Creek [Lawrence County] ...
- The Town Creek Booster & The Leighton News (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Town Creek Booster & The Leighton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045032
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12725441
- The Town Creek Dispatch (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Town Creek Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050465
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14995365
Published In Courtland [Lawrence County] ...
- Courtland Herald (from 182?)
  - Years of publication: 182? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Courtland Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023464
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10941699
- Friend Of The Labourer (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Friend Of The Labourer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044674
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12096744
- Lawrence County News (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lawrence County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15050163
- Lawrence County Sentinel (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lawrence County Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050310
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16768341
- The Courtland Enterprise (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courtland Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050459
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14993420
- The Lawrence County Times And The Moulton Advertiser (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lawrence County Times And The Moulton Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050462
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14994439
- Wide-A-Wake Sentinel (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wide-A-Wake Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044712
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12130975
Published In Leighton [Colbert County] ...
- The Leighton News (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leighton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044972
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8115768

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elgin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elgin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8518, Longitude: -87.3910