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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Russellville is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Russellville. In addition, the list contains another 42 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Russellville. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Russellville.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Russellville.  

Newspapers Published In Russellville ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Russellville:

Newspapers Neighboring Russellville ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Russellville.

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

  • Published In Phil Campbell  ...
  • Published In Tuscumbia [Colbert County] ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tuscumbia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tuscumbia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Russellville. This extended list includes all the papers from Tuscumbia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Russellville
  • Published In Leighton [Colbert County] ...
    • The Leighton News (from 1890)
  • Published In Muscle Shoals [Colbert County] ...
  • Published In Sheffield [Colbert County] ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Russellville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Russellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5076, Longitude: -87.7290