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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fortune Ferry 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 Fortune Ferry. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Fortune Ferry. Our list contains 34 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Fortune Ferry.

Newspapers Neighboring Fortune Ferry ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Fortune Ferry.

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

  • Published In Marion [Perry County] ...
  • Published In Uniontown [Perry County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Lowndes County] ...
    • Benton Watchman (from 1899)
      • The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Benton Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86050264
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13802694
    • The Weekly Herald (from 185?)
  • Published In Thomaston [Marengo 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 from Point A (ie- Fortune Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fortune Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4296, Longitude: -87.1880       In this case, the coordinates for Fortune Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).