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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for York 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of York. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded York. In total, we've identified 56 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of York.

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 York.  

Newspapers Published In York ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of York:

  • Sumter County Journal
  • The York Herald (from 1910)
  • The York Press (from 1917)
  • The York Weekly Press (from 1913)

Newspapers Neighboring York ...

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

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

  • Published In Livingston  ...
  • Published In Epes  ...
  • Published In Marion [Lauderdale County] ...
  • Published In Gainesville  ...
  • Published In Meridian [Lauderdale County] ...
    • We know of 50 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Meridian. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Meridian
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of York. This extended list includes all the papers from Meridian. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for York
  • Published In Scooba [Kemper County] ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- York) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4886, Longitude: -88.2984