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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Ridge 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 Rock Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock Ridge. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Rock Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km] of Rock Ridge.

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

  • Published In Gate City  ...
    • The Humming Bird (from 1892)
  • Published In Trussville  ...
  • Published In Leeds  ...
  • Published In Avondale  ...
    • The Avondale Budget (from 1892)
    • The Silent Eye (from 1901)
  • Published In Inglenook  ...
    • Inglenook Home (from 1913)

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- Rock Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5500, Longitude: -86.6529       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).