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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Point 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 West Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding West Point. Our list contains 4 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Point.

Newspapers Neighboring West Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of West Point.

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

  • Published In Arab [Marshall County] ...
    • The Arab Enterprise (from 1948)
    • The Arab Journal (from 1957)
    • The Arab News (from 193?)
    • The Arab Tribune (from 1958)

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4518, Longitude: -86.6456       In this case, the coordinates for West Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).