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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 30 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Providence.

Newspapers Neighboring Providence ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 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 Cullman  ...
  • Published In Falkville [Morgan County] ...
  • Published In Hartselle [Morgan County] ...
  • Published In Arab [Marshall County] ...
    • The Arab Enterprise (from 1948)
    • The Arab Journal (from 1957)
    • The Arab News (from 193?)
    • The Arab Tribune (from 1958)
  • Published In Blountsville [Blount County] ...
    • Blount County Dispatch (from 1887)
    • Blount County News (from 187?)
    • The Blount Chronicle (from 189?)
    • The Mineral Age (from 188?)
      • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mineral Age
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044616
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12085859
    • The Southern Sun (from 1886)
      • The first year of publication was in 1886, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Southern Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85044617
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12085999

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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: 34.2726, Longitude: -86.8122       In this case, the coordinates for Providence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).