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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Old Salem 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 Old Salem. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Old Salem. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Old Salem.

Newspapers Neighboring Old Salem ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Old Salem.

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

  • Published In Monroeville  ...
    • The Monroe Argus (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Monroe Argus
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87050149
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15683019
    • The Monroe Current Event (from 1919)
    • The Monroe Democrat (from 1896)
    • The Monroe Journal (from 19??)
    • The Monroe News (from 1900)
  • Published In Claiborne  ...
  • Published In Frisco City  ...
  • Published In Suggsville [Clarke County] ...
  • Published In Lower Peach Tree [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In Grove Hill [Clarke County] ...
  • Published In Evergreen [Conecuh County] ...
  • Published In Sparta [Conecuh County] ...
    • The Spartan (from 1856)
      • The first year of publication was in 1856, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Spartan
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85045033
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12725491

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- Old Salem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Salem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5396, Longitude: -87.4061       In this case, the coordinates for Old Salem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).