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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Opal 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 Opal. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Opal. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Opal.

Newspapers Neighboring Opal ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Opal.

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

  • Published In Beebe [White County] ...
    • Beebe Sentinel (from 1930)
    • Beebe Weekly Magnet (from 187?)
    • The Beebe Herald (from 189?)
    • The Beebe News (from 1948)
    • White County News (from 1893)
  • Published In Cabot  ...
    • Cabot Star-Herald (from 1956)
    • Cabot Star (from 1955)
    • The Cabot Guard (from 1906)
    • The Cabot Herald (from 1923)
  • Published In McRae [White County] ...
    • The McRae Herald (from 1928)
  • Published In Jacksonville [Pulaski County] ...
  • Published In Searcy [White County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Opal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Opal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0973, Longitude: -92.0029       In this case, the coordinates for Opal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).