Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Abilene 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 Abilene. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Abilene. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Abilene.

Newspapers Neighboring Abilene ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Abilene.

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

Published In Carrollton ...
- Carroll County Georgian (from 1945)
  - Years of publication: 1945 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Carroll County Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19493010
- Carroll Star News (from 1995)
  - Years of publication: 1995 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Carroll Star News
  - Holdings for: LCCN 233961
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44740515
- Daily Times-Free Press (from 1954)
  - Published during 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053128
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19492702
- Renaissance (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Renaissance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94053397
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31456525
- The Advocate (from 1861)
  - The first year of publication was in 1861, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053833
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20646207
- The Carroll County Register (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carroll County Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85027030
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12920941
- The Carroll County Times (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carroll County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034016
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12367760
- The Carroll Free Press (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carroll Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053126
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19492517
- The Carrollton Advocate (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 1861
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carrollton Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053834
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20646276
- The Carrollton Daily Times-Free Press (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carrollton Daily Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053129
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19492841
- The Carrollton Times-Free Press (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carrollton Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19493076
- The Carrollton Weekly Times-Free Press (from 1955)
  - Published during 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carrollton Weekly Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053130
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19492925
- The Daily Times-Georgian (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Times-Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89005693
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11506855
- The Evening Times (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053516
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20276291
- The Times-Free Press (from 1948)
  - Years of publication: 1948 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053127
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19492623
- Times-Free Press (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Times-Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19493257
- Times-Georgian (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Times-Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19493296
- West Georgia News (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Georgia News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054071
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19292696
Published In Bremen [Haralson County] ...
- The Bremen Chronicle (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bremen Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90057227
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22188225
- The Bremen Gateway (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bremen Gateway
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941735
- The Haralson Gateway-Beacon (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Haralson Gateway-Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83004516
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10029273
Published In Buchanan [Haralson County] ...
- Haralson Banner (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Haralson Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053999
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941793
- The Banner-Messenger (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Banner-Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89054000
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941770
- The Haralson County Tribune (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Haralson County Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941908
- The Tribune (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89054001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941828
Published In Bowdon ...
- Bowdon Intelligence (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bowdon Intelligence
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054045
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18702073
- The Bowdon Bulletin (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 2008
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bowdon Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054147
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21278719
Published In Tallapoosa [Haralson County] ...
- Tallapoosa Journal-Beacon (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tallapoosa Journal-Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21942002
- Tallapoosa Journal (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tallapoosa Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN82015106
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8804365
- The Tallapoosa Beacon (from 1956)
  - Years of publication: 1956 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tallapoosa Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21941820

Footnotes ...

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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- Abilene) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abilene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6493, Longitude: -85.0497 In this case, the coordinates for Abilene have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).