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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sheffield 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 11 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sheffield. In addition, the list contains another 31 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sheffield. In total, we've identified 42 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sheffield.

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 Sheffield.  

Newspapers Published In Sheffield ...

We know of 11 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sheffield:

Newspapers Neighboring Sheffield ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sheffield.

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

  • Published In Florence [Lauderdale County] ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Florence. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Florence
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sheffield. This extended list includes all the papers from Florence. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sheffield
  • Published In Tuscumbia  ...
    • 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Sheffield. 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 Sheffield
  • Published In Muscle Shoals  ...
  • Published In Leighton  ...
    • The Leighton News (from 1890)

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 from Point A (ie- Sheffield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheffield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7608, Longitude: -87.6986