Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ocala.
Our newspaper information for Ocala 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 28 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ocala. In addition, the list contains another 24 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ocala. In total, we've identified 52 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Ocala.
Newspapers Published In Ocala ...
We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ocala:
- Florida Home Companion (from 1857)
- Florida Home Journal (from 18??)
- Florida Mirror (from 1853)
- Florida Semi-Tropical News (from 1889)
- Marion Free Press (from 18??)
- Marion Star (from 1851)
- The first year of publication was in 1851, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Marion Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95026060
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32686473
- Ocala Argus (from 1847)
- Ocala Morning Banner (from 1930)
- Rural Free Press (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 Rural Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95072056
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33387110
- The Central Florida Times (from 1926)
- The Conservator (from 1851)
- The Daily Item (from 1885)
- The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily Item
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95026901
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 1557205
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- The East Florida Banner (from 1866)
- The Florida Watchman (from 1924)
- The Morning News (from 189?)
- The Morning News (from 1897)
- The New Capitol (from 1890)
- The Ocala Banner-Lacon (from 1882)
- The Ocala Banner (from 1943)
- The Ocala Banner (from 1883)
- The Ocala Evening Star (from 1895)
- The Ocala Mail And Express (from 189?)
- The Ocala Star-Banner (from 1943)
- The Ocala Weekly Star (from 1897)
- The Ocaleean Ensign / (from 1917)
- The Ocaleean Ensign (from 1917)
- The Southern Sun (from 185?)
- The Tropical Farmer (from 1852)
Newspapers Neighboring Ocala ...
The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Ocala.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Ocala.
- Published In Belleview ...
- Voice Of South Marion (from 1969)
- 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 McIntosh ...
- The North Marion News (from 1923)
- Published In Dunnellon ...
- Leroy And Dunnellon News (from 1891)
- Riverland News (from 19??)
- Riverland Review (from 1981)
- The Dunnellon Sun (from 1929)
- The Dunnellon Truth (from 1924)
- Published In Lady Lake [Lake County] ...
- Daily Sun (from 1997)
- Tri-County Sun (from 1993)
- Published In Micanopy [Alachua County] ...
- The Micanopy Gazette (from 188?)
- The Tuskawilla News (from 189?)
- Published In Wildwood [Sumter County] ...
- The Herald Express (from 1962)
- The Wild Wood Orange Leaf (from 1884)
- The Wildwood Echo (from 1925)
- Published In Williston [Levy County] ...
- The Williston Pioneer (from 1992)
- The Williston Progress (from 19??)
- The Williston Sun-Suwannee Valley News (from 19??)
- Published In Kerr City ...
- Kerr City Advertiser (from 1884)
- Published In Inverness [Citrus County] ...
- Citrus County Chronicle (from 1889)
- Citrus County Chronicle (from 1889)
- Florida Towndsendite (from 1939)
- The Phosphate Field (from 1890)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Ocala: www.ocalafl.org/
The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
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- Ocala) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ocala. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1872, Longitude: -82.1404 |