Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 14 newspapers that have been published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of McDonald Chapel. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
- Published in Pratt Mines [Jefferson County] - now historic
- The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jefferson Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044797
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217805
Pratt City Democrat (from 1896)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pratt City Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044798
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217798
Pratt City Herald (from 1899)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1899 to 1901
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pratt City Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044795
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217896
Pratt City Sun (from 1898)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pratt City Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044799
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217832
The Commercial (from 189?)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Commercial
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050407
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17279732
The Elyton Banner (from 1899)
- Published in Elyton [Jefferson 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 Elyton Banner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050408
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17291958
The Elyton Herald (from 186?)
- Published in Elyton [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 186? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Elyton Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044867
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12429935
The Elyton Sun (from 187?)
- Published in Elyton [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 187? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Elyton Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050409
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17291969
The Ensley Herald (from 1901)
- Published in Ensley [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 1907
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ensley Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044794
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217890
The Independent (from 1893)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044745
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12164373
The Jones Valley Times (from 1854)
- Published in Elyton [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1854 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Jones Valley Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050121
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15572373
The Pratt City Weekly News (from 1895)
- Published in Pratt City [Jefferson County]
- The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pratt City Weekly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044800
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217827
The Voice Of The People (from 190?)
- Published in Ensley [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 190? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Voice Of The People
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050010
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17407511
The Wylam New Era (from 1903)
- Published in Wylam [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1903 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wylam New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14245529

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- McDonald Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McDonald Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5218, Longitude: -86.9336 In this case, the coordinates for McDonald Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).