Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Albany 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 20 papers that were published in the immediate area of Albany. In addition, the list contains another 2 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Albany. In total, we've identified 22 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Albany.

Newspapers Published In Albany ...

We know of 20 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Albany:

Albany Courier (from 184?)
- Years of publication: 184? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Albany Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052342
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21426758
Albany Journal (from 1939)
- Years of publication: 1939 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Albany Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052294
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21964976
Albany Weekly Herald (from 1892)
- Years of publication: 1892 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Albany Weekly Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053576
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19744202
American Standard (from 185?)
- Years of publication: 185? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the American Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052344
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21426872
Calhoun-Clay Herald (from 1995)
- Years of publication: 1995 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Calhoun-Clay Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN 233962
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44803797
Lee County Herald (from 1994)
- Years of publication: 1994 to 2000
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lee County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN 2004233854
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 56880977
The Albany Advertiser (from 1877)
- Years of publication: 1877 to 1880
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090006
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15229636
The Albany Daily Herald (from 1891)
- Years of publication: 1891 to 190?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany Daily Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090005
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15229624
The Albany Herald (from 190?)
- Years of publication: 190? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053577
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19744220
The Albany News (from 186?)
- Years of publication: 186? to 1880
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82015435
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8809039
The Albany Patriot (from 1845)
- Years of publication: 1845 to 1866
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany Patriot
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82014211
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8784133
The Albany Southwest Georgian (from 1938)
- Years of publication: 1938 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Albany Southwest Georgian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98062571
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27819689
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- The Albany Times (from 196?)
  - Years of publication: 196? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Albany Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074129
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8730665
- The Albany Tri-Weekly News (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Albany Tri-Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053578
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19744210
- The Central City (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1874
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Central City
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033986
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12359187
- The Courier (from 1843)
  - Years of publication: 1843 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN 77640221
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2714909
- The Daily News And Advertiser (from 1880)
  - The first year of publication was in 1880, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily News And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15229574
- The Georgia Courier (from 1852)
  - Years of publication: 1852 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Georgia Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052343
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21426821
- The Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074138
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25642196
- The Weekly News And Advertiser (from 1880)
  - The first year of publication was in 1880, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053575
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19744208

Newspapers Neighboring Albany ...

The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Albany.

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

Published In Leesburg [Lee County] ...
- The Lee County Journal (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lee County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053337
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19319979
- The Lee County Ledger (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lee County Ledger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19292716

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Albany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5815, Longitude: -84.1762