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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Five Points 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 Five Points. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Five Points. Our list contains 21 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Five Points.

Newspapers Neighboring Five Points ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Five Points.

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

  • Published In Valley Head [DeKalb County] ...
  • Published In Summerville [Chattooga County] ...
  • Published In Fort Payne [DeKalb County] ...
  • Published In Trion [Chattooga County] ...
    • The Trion Facts (from 194?)
  • Published In Rainsville [DeKalb County] ...
  • Published In Rising Fawn [Dade County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Five Points) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Points. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4884, Longitude: -85.5213       In this case, the coordinates for Five Points have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).