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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jacksonport 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jacksonport. In addition, the list contains another 28 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jacksonport. In total, we've identified 34 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Jacksonport.

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 Jacksonport.  

Newspapers Published In Jacksonport ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jacksonport:

  • Arkansas Statesman (from 1869)
  • Jacksonport Era (from 1866)
  • Stars And Stripes (from 1863)
  • The Jacksonport Herald (from 1860)
  • The Reveille (from 1864)
  • The Traveler (from 1862)

Newspapers Neighboring Jacksonport ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Jacksonport.

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

  • Published In Newport  ...
  • Published In Newark [Independence County] ...
  • Published In Tuckerman  ...
    • The Record (from 1960)
    • The Record (from 1982)
    • The Tuckerman Record (from 1921)
    • The Tuckerman Record (from 1975)
  • Published In Swifton  ...
  • 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Jacksonport. 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 Jacksonport

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- Jacksonport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jacksonport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6419, Longitude: -91.3079       In this case, the coordinates for Jacksonport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).