Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Polk 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 Polk. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Polk. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Polk.

Newspapers Neighboring Polk ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Polk.

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

Published In Benton [Lowndes County] ...
- Benton Watchman (from 1899)
  - The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Benton Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050264
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13802694
- The Weekly Herald (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050265
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13802802
Published In Hayneville [Lowndes County] ...
- Hayneville Chronicle (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hayneville Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050382
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14515821
- Lowndes County Observer And Spirit Of The Times (from 183?)
  - The first year of publication was in 183?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lowndes County Observer And Spirit Of The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065632
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28207932
- Spirit Of The Times (from 1835)
  - Years of publication: 1835 to 1836
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Spirit Of The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065636
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16963523
- The Alabamian (from 1840)
  - Published during 1840
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072236
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14950531
- The Chronicle (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1851
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064925
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28210781
- The Chronicle (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1860
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14515700
- The Citizen-Examiner (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Citizen-Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050259
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13790357
- The Hayneville Examiner (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hayneville Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10942425
- The Lowndes County Chronicle (from 1851)
  - Years of publication: 1851 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lowndes County Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065631
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28210788
- The Lowndes County Chronicle (from 183?)
  - Years of publication: 183? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lowndes County Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023504
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11031521
- The Lowndes News (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lowndes News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050380
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14515244
- The South-Alabamian And, Lowndes County Advertiser (from 183?)
  - Years of publication: 183? to 1840
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The South-Alabamian And, Lowndes County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065634
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28246435
- The Spirit Of The Times And Hayneville Observer (from 1836)
  - Years of publication: 1836 to 1837
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Spirit Of The Times And Hayneville Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93065635
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28286145
- The Watchman (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050260
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13790431
- The Weekly News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050379
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14515107
Published In Fort Deposit [Lowndes County] ...
- Fort Deposit Clarion (from 1916)
  - Published during 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fort Deposit Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050263
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13802098
- Fort Deposit Vindicator (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fort Deposit Vindicator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050377
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14514257
- The Fort Deposit Mail (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fort Deposit Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050262
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13790582
- The Lowndes Signal (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lowndes Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044731
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9238790
- The Reflector (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Reflector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050261
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13790521

Footnotes ...

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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- Polk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2724, Longitude: -86.8886 In this case, the coordinates for Polk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).