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 6 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 Hueytown ...
- The Citizen (from 19??)
  - 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 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
Published In Oakman [Walker County] ...
- Oakman Enterprise (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Oakman Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050246
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16187592
- Oakman News (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Oakman News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050218
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16073941
- The Alabama Miner (from 1899)
  - The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alabama Miner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050235
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16111987
- The Oakman News (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oakman News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050249
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16187828

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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: 33.4529, Longitude: -87.3000 In this case, the coordinates for Providence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).