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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bridgeport. Our list contains 35 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bridgeport.

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 Bridgeport.  

Newspapers Neighboring Bridgeport ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Bridgeport.

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

  • Published In Ash Flat  ...
  • Published In Hardy  ...
    • Arkansas Kicker (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Arkansas Kicker
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85032949
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12961117
    • Community Journal (from 198?)
    • Morgan's Buzz=saw (from 1894)
    • Spring River Times (from 1969)
    • The Hardy Herald (from 1891)
  • Published In Ravenden [Lawrence County] ...
    • Ravenden Hustler
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Ravenden Hustler
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92050017
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25169709
  • Published In Imboden [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Powhatan [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Ravenden Springs [Randolph County] ...
    • Eye-Opener (from 1899)
    • The Owl (from 191?)
      • Years of publication:  191? to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Owl
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91050210
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24904397
    • The Weekly News (from 1907)
  • Published In Horseshoe Bend [Izard County] ...
  • Published In LaCrosse [Izard County] ...
  • Published In Portia [Lawrence County] ...
    • Portia Free Press (from 1886)
  • Published In Batesville [Independence County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Batesville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Batesville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Batesville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
  • Published In Melbourne [Izard County] ...
    • Izard County Register (from 1881)
    • The Clipper (from 1877)
    • The Melbourne Times (from 19??)
    • The Melbourne Times (from 1896)
    • The Times Progress (from 1984)
    • The Times (from 1985)
  • Published In Swifton [Jackson County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Sharp County: www.sharpcounty.org

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bridgeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1112, Longitude: -91.4493       In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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