Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Nelson is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nelson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Nelson. Our list contains 29 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Nelson.

Newspapers Neighboring Nelson ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Nelson.

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

Published In Columbiana ...
- Columbiana Sentinel (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbiana Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050322
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12061229
- Shelby County Guide (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 1870
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044909
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12061011
- Shelby County Reporter-Democrat (from 1948)
  - Years of publication: 1948 to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter-Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050331
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16883778
- Shelby County Reporter (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050330
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899207
- Shelby County Reporter (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050332
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11832262
- Shelby County Sentinel (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shelby County Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050323
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12047270
- The Banner Of Liberty (from 188?)
  - Published during 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Banner Of Liberty
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044526
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11421204
- The Chronicle (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1901
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044556
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11799951
- The People's Advocate (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12283927
- The Shelby Chronicle (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044557
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11804642
- The Shelby Chronicle (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044558
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11800025
- The Shelby County Democrat (from 1932)
  - Years of publication: 1932 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050329
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899168
- The Shelby County Sun (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1921
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050204
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16072696
- The Shelby Sentinel (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023463
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10988721
Published In Shelby ...
- The Magnet (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Magnet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044750
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12164329
Published In Calera ...
- Alabama Republican (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Alabama Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044609
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12042157
- Calera Journal (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Calera Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050318
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16784754
- Tariff & Labor Advocate (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tariff & Labor Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044555
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11769246
- The Calera Independent (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Calera Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044748
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12164233
- The Calera Journal (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Calera Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044525
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11430136
- The Calera News (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Calera News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044524
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11421010
- The Shelby County Review (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050271
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16532507
- The Shelby News (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044596
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11925777
Published In Pelham ...
- The Shelby County Advertiser (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050335
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16899311
Published In Childersburg [Talladega County] ...
- The Childersburg Citizen (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Childersburg Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050342
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912150
- The Childersburg News (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Childersburg News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050344
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912308
- The Childersburg Star (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Childersburg Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050232
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18922172
- The Childersburg Times (from 194?)
  - Years of publication: 194? to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Childersburg Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050343
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912243
- The Coosa Valley News (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1967
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coosa Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050345
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16912374

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- Nelson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nelson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2154, Longitude: -86.5811 In this case, the coordinates for Nelson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).