Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for LaFayette 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of LaFayette. In addition, the list contains another 48 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded LaFayette. In total, we've identified 56 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of LaFayette.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for LaFayette.

Newspapers Published In LaFayette ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of LaFayette:

Chambers County Democrat (from 188?)
- Years of publication: 188? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chambers County Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044571
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12056445
Southern Sentinel (from 185?)
- The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Southern Sentinel
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044577
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12067592
The Chambers Tribune (from 1849)
- Years of publication: 1849 to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Chambers Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84023515
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10989051
The East-Alabamian (from 184?)
- The first year of publication was in 184?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The East-Alabamian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044576
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12066920
The LaFayette Sun (from 1880)
- Years of publication: 1880 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The LaFayette Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044545
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9509053
The Lafayette Clipper (from 1873)
- Years of publication: 1873 to 1879
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lafayette Clipper
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84023516
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10989102
The People's Journal (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The People's Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050024
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13035816
Tri-Counties News (from 1930)
- Years of publication: 1930 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tri-Counties News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044997
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12686577

Newspapers Neighboring LaFayette ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of LaFayette.

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

Published In Lanett ...
- Chattahoochee Valley Times (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1950
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Chattahoochee Valley Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044561
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12049637
- The Chambers County News (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chambers County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044836
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12383132
- The Valley Daily Times-News (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1956
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Daily Times-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044902
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12540808
- The Valley Times-News (from 1956)
  - Years of publication: 1956 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Times-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044903
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12038379
- The Valley Tribune (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1950
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044837
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12384611
- Weekly Times News (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Times News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044998
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12686776
Published In Camp Hill [Tallapoosa County] ...
- Camp Hill News (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Camp Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050296
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12743141
- Camp Hill Star (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1930
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Camp Hill Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050326
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13993080
- The Camp Hill News (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to 1950
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Camp Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050043
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17543607
- The Camp Hill Times (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Camp Hill Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050295
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13958652
- The Independent (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044725
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12125960
- The Tallapoosa News (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1949
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tallapoosa News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050040
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17543056
Published In Opelika [Lee County] ...
- We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelika. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Opelika
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of LaFayette. This extended list includes all the papers from Opelika. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for LaFayette
Published In Roanoke [Randolph County] ...
- Randolph News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Randolph News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050324
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13991740
- Roanoke Enterprise (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Roanoke Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050135
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365438
- The People's Voice (from 2005)
  - Years of publication: 2005 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007215501
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 166387050
- The Randolph County News (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044772
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12210363
- The Randolph Leader (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13365713
- The Randolph Leader (from 1982)
  - Years of publication: 1982 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Randolph Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9237931
- The Roanoke Herald (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roanoke Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89050013
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19261971
- The Roanoke Leader (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roanoke Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050137
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13380225

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- LaFayette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in LaFayette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8998, Longitude: -85.4013