Extended Newspaper List
Introduction ...
Below are 6 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Port Birmingham. The list has been sorted by paper name.
- Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
- Published in Pratt Mines [Jefferson County] - now historic
- The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jefferson Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044797
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12217805
- Mine Workers Coronal (from 1901)
- Published in Blossburg [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mine Workers Coronal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050454
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14878910
- The Blossburg Star (from 1901)
- Published in Blossburg [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1901 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blossburg Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050373
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14283612
- The Citizen (from 19??)
- Published in Hueytown [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 195?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050152
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15714792
- The Citizen (from 195?)
- Published in Hueytown [Jefferson County]
- Published during 195?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87050153
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15714912
- The Wylam New Era (from 1903)
- Published in Wylam [Jefferson County]
- Years of publication: 1903 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wylam New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86050359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14245529
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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- Port Birmingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Birmingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5665, Longitude: -87.1067 In this case, the coordinates for Port Birmingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |