Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
Our newspaper information for Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Philadelphia. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Philadelphia.
Newspapers Neighboring Philadelphia ...
The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Philadelphia.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Philadelphia.
- Published In Ashford ...
- The Ashford Power (from 197?)
- Published In Parish ...
- The Parrish News (from 1929)
- Published In Dothan ...
- Alabama Digest (from 1938)
- Dothan Daily Journal (from 1909)
- Dothan Daily Siftings (from 190?)
- Dothan Eagle (from 190?)
- Dothan Home Journal (from 1899)
- Dothan Light (from 1889)
- Dothan Searchlight (from 1896)
- Downhome Today (from 1968)
- Southern Star (from 1916)
- The Dothan Eagle (from 190?)
- The Dothan Journal (from 1935)
- The Dothan Morning News (from 191?)
- The Houston Eagle (from 1903)
- The Houston Herald (from 193?)
- The Voice Of The Negro (from 191?)
- The Weekly Sentinel (from 1890)
- The Wire-Grass Siftings (from 1890)
- The Wiregrass Journal (from 19??)
- Published In Blakely [Early County] ...
- Early County News (from 1859)
- Published In Headland [Henry County] ...
- Henry County Midland (from 1894)
- Henry County Standard (from 1909)
- The Headland News (from 1888)
- The Headland Observer (from 196?)
- The Headland Post (from 1902)
- The Headland Progress (from 188?)
- The Headland Sun (from 1895)
- The Henry County News (from 1899)
- Wiregrass Farmer (from 1917)
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 from Point A (ie- Philadelphia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Philadelphia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1610, Longitude: -85.1074 In this case, the coordinates for Philadelphia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |