Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Swift 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 Swift. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Swift. Our list contains 66 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Swift.

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 Swift.

Newspapers Neighboring Swift ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Swift.

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

Published In Gulf Shores ...
- The Islander (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Islander
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044787
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12291126
Published In Perdido Key [Escambia County] ...
- The Pelican (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pelican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99027028
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43068830
Published In Robertsdale ...
- Robertsdale American (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Robertsdale American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050240
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16159657
- The Independent (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044848
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12393483
Published In Fairhope ...
- Eastern Shore Courier (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Eastern Shore Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044783
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11855250
Published In Fort Pickens [Escambia County] ...
- Santa Rosa News Boy (from 186?)
  - Published during 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Santa Rosa News Boy
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84022791
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10592695
Published In Cantonment [Escambia County] ...
- The Escambia Ledger (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Escambia Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99027040
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43065219
- The Mid-Escambia Ledger (from 1973)
  - Published during 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mid-Escambia Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99027039
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43065203
Published In Daphne ...
- The Daphne Times (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1895
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daphne Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050239
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16159599
- The Gulf Breeze (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gulf Breeze
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050236
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16145769
- The Standard (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044612
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12085380
Published In Pensacola [Escambia County] ...
- We know of 66 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pensacola. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pensacola
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Swift. This extended list includes all the papers from Pensacola. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Swift

Footnotes ...

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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- Swift) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swift. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3763, Longitude: -87.6264 In this case, the coordinates for Swift have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).