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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sloan 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 Sloan. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sloan. Our list contains 10 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Sloan.

Newspapers Neighboring Sloan ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Sloan.

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

  • Published In Sumiton [Walker County] ...
    • The Journal-Star (from 1965)
  • Published In Bangor  ...
  • Published In Blossburg [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Cordova [Walker County] ...
  • Published In Gardendale [Jefferson County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sloan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sloan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8476, Longitude: -86.9558       In this case, the coordinates for Sloan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).