Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fort Payne 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 10 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Payne. In addition, the list contains another 9 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fort Payne. In total, we've identified 19 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Fort Payne.

Newspapers Published In Fort Payne ...

We know of 10 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Fort Payne:

DeKalb County Herald (from 1921)
- Years of publication: 1921 to 1927
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the DeKalb County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050124
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13351261
DeKalb County News (from 1958)
- Years of publication: 1958 to 1962
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the DeKalb County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050111
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13351757
Fort Payne Tribune (from 1927)
- Years of publication: 1927 to 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Fort Payne Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050115
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352901
The DeKalb Record (from 190?)
- Years of publication: 190? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The DeKalb Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050118
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13353214
The DeKalb Republican (from 1923)
- Years of publication: 1923 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The DeKalb Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050119
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13353292
The DeKalb Times (from 189?)
- Years of publication: 189? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The DeKalb Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050120
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13353377
The DeKalb Times (from 193?)
- Years of publication: 193? to 1951
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The DeKalb Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050121
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352557
The Fort Payne Journal (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1958
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Fort Payne Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050125
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11981045
The Times-Journal (from 1958)
- Years of publication: 1958 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Times-Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050126
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13364148
The Times-New Era (from 1951)
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1958
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Times-New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050123
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13351420

Newspapers Neighboring Fort Payne ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Fort Payne.

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

Published In Rainsville ...
- Sand Mountain News (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sand Mountain News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044705
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11832324
Published In Fyffe ...
- The Northeast Alabamian (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Northeast Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050130
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365028
Published In Valley Head ...
- The North DeKalb Record (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The North DeKalb Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050112
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352103
Published In Collinsville ...
- Collinsville Clipper (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Collinsville Clipper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050116
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352968
- Collinsville New Era (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Collinsville New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050122
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352649
- Collinsville Star (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Collinsville Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13351518
- The Collinsville Courier
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Collinsville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13353504
- The Collinsville Record (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Collinsville Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050113
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13352042
- The Wills Valley Post (from 1854)
  - Years of publication: 1854 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wills Valley Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050117
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13353148

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- Fort Payne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Payne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4442, Longitude: -85.7196