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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rison 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rison. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rison. In total, we've identified 55 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Rison.

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 Rison.  

Newspapers Published In Rison ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rison:

  • Arkansas Banner (from 188?)
    • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Arkansas Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92050109
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26018096
  • Cleveland County Herald (from 1888)
  • The Rison Bazoo (from 1895)
    • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Rison Bazoo
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92050108
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26018092

Newspapers Neighboring Rison ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Rison.

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

  • Published In Toledo  ...
    • The Toledo Immigrant (from 1884)
  • Published In Kingsland  ...
  • Published In Fordyce [Dallas County] ...
  • Published In Star City [Lincoln County] ...
  • Published In Pine Bluff [Jefferson County] ...
    • We know of 39 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pine Bluff. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pine Bluff
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Rison. This extended list includes all the papers from Pine Bluff. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rison
  • Published In Princeton [Dallas County] ...
  • Published In Warren [Bradley County] ...

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- Rison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9584, Longitude: -92.1902