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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Providence 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 Providence. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Providence. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Providence.

Newspapers Neighboring Providence ...

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

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

  • Published In Chapman  ...
    • Lumbering Along (from 1951)
  • Published In Georgiana  ...
  • Published In Greenville  ...
  • Published In Pine Apple [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In Evergreen [Conecuh County] ...
  • Published In Fort Deposit [Lowndes County] ...
  • Published In Sparta [Conecuh County] ...
    • The Spartan (from 1856)
      • The first year of publication was in 1856, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Spartan
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85045033
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12725491

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Providence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7221, Longitude: -86.8228       In this case, the coordinates for Providence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).