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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mobile 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 139 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mobile. In addition, the list contains another 5 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mobile. In total, we've identified 144 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Mobile.

Newspapers Published In Mobile ...

We know of 139 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mobile:

Newspapers Neighboring Mobile ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Mobile.

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

  • Published In Prichard  ...
    • The Citizen (from 1928)
  • Published In Whistler  ...
  • Published In Daphne [Baldwin County] ...
    • The Daphne Times (from 1890)
    • The Gulf Breeze (from 1894)
    • The Standard (from 1901)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mobile) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mobile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6916, Longitude: -88.0461