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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wilson Dam 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 Wilson Dam. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Wilson Dam. Our list contains 28 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Wilson Dam.

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 Wilson Dam.  

Newspapers Neighboring Wilson Dam ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Wilson Dam.

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

  • Published In Florence [Lauderdale County] ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Florence. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Florence
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Wilson Dam. This extended list includes all the papers from Florence. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wilson Dam
  • Published In Muscle Shoals  ...
  • Published In Sheffield  ...
  • Published In Bailey Springs [Lauderdale County] ...
    • The Bailey Springs Journal (from 1897)
  • Published In Tuscumbia  ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Tuscumbia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Tuscumbia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Wilson Dam. This extended list includes all the papers from Tuscumbia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wilson Dam
  • Published In Leighton  ...
    • The Leighton News (from 1890)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson Dam) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilson Dam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8070, Longitude: -87.6292       In this case, the coordinates for Wilson Dam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).