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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Vernon 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Vernon. In addition, the list contains another 37 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Vernon. In total, we've identified 43 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Vernon.

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 Vernon.  

Newspapers Published In Vernon ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Vernon:

Newspapers Neighboring Vernon ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Vernon.

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

  • Published In Sulligent  ...
  • Published In Millport  ...
  • Published In Kennedy  ...
    • The Kennedy News (from 1890)
      • The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Kennedy News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88050121
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18265152
  • Published In Guin [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Winfield [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Aberdeen [Monroe County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aberdeen. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aberdeen
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Vernon. This extended list includes all the papers from Aberdeen. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vernon
  • Published In Columbus [Lowndes County] ...
    • We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Vernon. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Vernon

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- Vernon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vernon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7572, Longitude: -88.1091