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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ocala Ridge 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 Ocala Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ocala Ridge. Our list contains 51 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Ocala Ridge.

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 Ocala Ridge.  

Newspapers Neighboring Ocala Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Ocala Ridge.

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

  • Published In Ocala  ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ocala. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Ocala
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Ocala Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Ocala. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ocala Ridge
  • Published In Leroy  ...
    • Florida News (from 1891)
    • The Leroy News (from 1892)
      • The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leroy News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85038374
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12369029
  • Published In Belleview  ...
  • Published In Dunnellon  ...
  • Published In McIntosh  ...
  • Published In Williston [Levy County] ...
  • Published In Micanopy [Alachua County] ...
    • The Micanopy Gazette (from 188?)
    • The Tuskawilla News (from 189?)
  • Published In Inverness [Citrus County] ...
  • Published In Lady Lake [Lake County] ...
    • Daily Sun (from 1997)
      • Years of publication:  1997 to 999?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97027924
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 37319597
    • Tri-County Sun (from 1993)
  • Published In Wildwood [Sumter 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- Ocala Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ocala Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1933, Longitude: -82.2137       In this case, the coordinates for Ocala Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).