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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Richmond 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 Richmond. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Richmond. Our list contains 21 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Richmond.

Newspapers Neighboring Richmond ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Richmond.

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

  • Published In Camden [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In Pine Apple [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Lowndes County] ...
    • Benton Watchman (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 Benton Watchman
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86050264
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13802694
    • The Weekly Herald (from 185?)

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Richmond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1139, Longitude: -87.0552       In this case, the coordinates for Richmond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).