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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Newport 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 Newport. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Newport. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Newport.

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 Newport.  

Newspapers Neighboring Newport ...

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

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

  • Published In Cherokee  ...
  • 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Newport. 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 Newport
  • 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 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Newport. 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 Newport
  • Published In Eastport [Tishomingo County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Newport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7790, Longitude: -87.9061       In this case, the coordinates for Newport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).