Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 7 newspapers that have been published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Howtons Ferry. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Oakman Enterprise (from 1911)
- Published in Oakman [Walker County]
- Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Oakman Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050246
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16187592
Oakman News (from 1894)
- Published in Oakman [Walker County]
- Years of publication: 1894 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Oakman News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050218
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16073941
The Alabama Miner (from 1899)
- Published in Oakman [Walker County]
- 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 Alabama Miner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050235
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16111987
The Citizen (from 19??)
- Published in Hueytown [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 195?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050152
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15714792
The Citizen (from 195?)
- Published in Hueytown [Jefferson County]
- Published during 195?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050153
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15714912
The Oakman News (from 1902)
- Published in Oakman [Walker County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Oakman News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050249
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16187828
The Patton Pointer (from 189?)
- Published in Patton Junction [Walker County] - now historic
- Years of publication: 189? to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Patton Pointer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050225
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16096129

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- 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).