Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Porter 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 Porter. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Porter. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Porter.

Newspapers Neighboring Porter ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Porter.

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

Published In Blossburg ...
- Mine Workers Coronal (from 1901)
  - 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)
  - 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
Published In Sumiton [Walker County] ...
- The Journal-Star (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Journal-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89050003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19062945
Published In Pratt Mines ...
- Jefferson Enterprise (from 1889)
  - 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
Published In Wylam ...
- The Wylam New Era (from 1903)
  - 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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Porter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6232, Longitude: -87.0547 In this case, the coordinates for Porter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).