Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Blocton 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Blocton. In addition, the list contains another 25 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Blocton. In total, we've identified 26 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Blocton.

Newspapers Published In West Blocton ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West Blocton area:

The Blocton Enterprise (from 1906)
- Years of publication: 1906 to 1944
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blocton Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85044809
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12319677

Newspapers Neighboring West Blocton ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of West Blocton.

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

Published In Blocton ...
- Blocton Courier (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blocton Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050332
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13879546
- Blocton Times (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blocton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044817
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12368449
- The Blocton Journal (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blocton Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13191247
- The Blocton Messenger (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blocton Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045000
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12688410
Published In Eoline ...
- Eoline Messenger (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Eoline Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044859
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12404615
Published In Centreville ...
- Blade Enterprise (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Blade Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044858
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12404548
- Centreville Enterprise (from 1889)
  - The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Centreville Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045024
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12719762
- People's Reflector (from 1892)
  - Published during 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the People's Reflector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044816
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12368239
- The Central Enquirer (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Central Enquirer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84023459
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10963111
- The Centreville Press (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Centreville Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044579
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11780029
- The County Press (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1898
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The County Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044578
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12067902
Published In Aldrich [Shelby County] ...
- The Alabama Time-piece (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alabama Time-piece
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044527
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11359168
Published In Montevallo [Shelby County] ...
- Montevallo Agis (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Montevallo Agis
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050338
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16897734
- Montevallo Monitor (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Montevallo Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050333
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16897096
- Montevallo News (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Montevallo News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12284145
- Montevallo Sentinel (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Montevallo Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050321
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12071159
- The Montevallo Advertiser (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Montevallo Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050130
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12284161
- The Montevallo Herald (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Montevallo Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050339
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16897791
- The Montevallo Star (from 1866)
  - The first year of publication was in 1866, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Montevallo Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044595
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11925677
- The Montevallo Times (from 1933)
  - Years of publication: 1933 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Montevallo Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12284129
- The Sentinel (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050320
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12061105
- The Shelby County News (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050336
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16897431
- The Shelby County Times-Herald (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 1959
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby County Times-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050328
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16882867
- The Shelby News-Monitor (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shelby News-Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050334
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16897174
- The Weekly Review (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044901
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12047147

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Blocton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Blocton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1180, Longitude: -87.1250 In this case, the coordinates for West Blocton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).