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 17 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Vernon. In total, we've identified 23 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Vernon.
Newspapers Published In Vernon ...
We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Vernon:
- The Lamar Democrat And The Sulligent News (from 1952)
- The Lamar Democrat (from 1896)
- The Lamar News (from 188?)
- The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lamar News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88050122
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18265206
- The Vernon Clipper (from 187?)
- The Vernon Courier (from 1886)
- The Vernon Pioneer (from 1875)
Newspapers Neighboring Vernon ...
The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 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 ...
- Lamar Leader (from 1973)
- Lightning (from 1895)
- Sulligent News (from 1928)
- The Eagle-eye (from 1894)
- The Sulligent News (from 1931)
- The Sulligent Sentinel (from 19??)
- The Sulligent Standard (from 1914)
- The Times Of Sulligent (from 1936)
- Published In Millport ...
- The Gazette (from 1976)
- The Millport Messenger (from 1931)
- West-Alabama Gazette (from 1980)
- Published In Kennedy ...
- The Kennedy News (from 1890)
- Published In Guin [Marion County] ...
- Guin Gazette (from 1897)
- The Gazette-Appeal (from 1897)
- The Guin Dispatch (from 188?)
- The Guin News (from 1946)
- Published In Winfield [Marion County] ...
- The Winfield Journal (from 192?)
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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: 33.7589, Longitude: -88.1144 In this case, the coordinates for Vernon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |