Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fairfax 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 Fairfax. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Fairfax. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Fairfax.

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 Fairfax.

Newspapers Neighboring Fairfax ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Fairfax.

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

Published In Lanett ...
- Chattahoochee Valley Times (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1950
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chattahoochee Valley Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044561
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12049637
- The Chambers County News (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chambers County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044836
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12383132
- The Valley Daily Times-News (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1956
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Daily Times-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044902
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12540808
- The Valley Times-News (from 1956)
  - Years of publication: 1956 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Times-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044903
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12038379
- The Valley Tribune (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1950
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044837
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12384611
- Weekly Times News (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Times News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044998
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12686776
Published In LaFayette ...
- Chambers County Democrat (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chambers County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044571
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12056445
- Southern Sentinel (from 185?)
  - The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southern Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044577
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12067592
- The Chambers Tribune (from 1849)
  - Years of publication: 1849 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chambers Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023515
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10989051
- The East-Alabamian (from 184?)
  - The first year of publication was in 184?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The East-Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044576
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12066920
- The LaFayette Sun (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The LaFayette Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044545
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9509053
- The Lafayette Clipper (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lafayette Clipper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023516
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10989102
- The People's Journal (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050024
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13035816
- Tri-Counties News (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tri-Counties News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044997
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12686577
Published In Opelika [Lee County] ...
- We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelika. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Opelika
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Fairfax. This extended list includes all the papers from Opelika. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fairfax

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairfax) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairfax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7962, Longitude: -85.1838 In this case, the coordinates for Fairfax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).