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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Leighton 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Leighton. In addition, the list contains another 34 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Leighton. In total, we've identified 35 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Leighton.

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 Leighton.  

Newspapers Published In Leighton ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Leighton area:

  • The Leighton News (from 1890)

Newspapers Neighboring Leighton ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Leighton.

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

  • Published In Muscle Shoals  ...
  • Published In Town Creek [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Florence [Lauderdale County] ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Florence. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Florence
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Leighton. This extended list includes all the papers from Florence. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Leighton
  • Published In Sheffield  ...
  • Published In Tuscumbia  ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tuscumbia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tuscumbia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Leighton. This extended list includes all the papers from Tuscumbia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Leighton
  • Published In Courtland [Lawrence County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6986, Longitude: -87.5291       In this case, the coordinates for Leighton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).