Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Porter. 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 Journal-Star (from 1965)
- Published in Sumiton [Walker County]
- 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
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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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).