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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Howtons 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 Howtons Ferry. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Howtons Ferry. Our list contains 7 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Howtons Ferry.

Newspapers Neighboring Howtons Ferry ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Howtons Ferry.

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

  • Published In Hueytown  ...
    • The Citizen (from 19??)
    • The Citizen (from 195?)
  • Published In Oakman [Walker County] ...
    • Oakman Enterprise (from 1911)
    • Oakman News (from 1894)
    • The Alabama Miner (from 1899)
    • The Oakman News (from 1902)
  • Published In Patton Junction [Walker County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howtons Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Howtons Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4832, Longitude: -87.2847       In this case, the coordinates for Howtons Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).