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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ashburn 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ashburn. In addition, the list contains another 25 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ashburn. In total, we've identified 29 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Ashburn.

Newspapers Published In Ashburn ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ashburn:

Newspapers Neighboring Ashburn ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Ashburn.

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

  • Published In Sumner [Worth County] ...
  • Published In Isabella [Worth County] ...
    • The Worth County News (from 1900)
    • The Worth Star (from 1881)
      • The first year of publication was in 1881, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Worth Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053490
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20157095
  • Published In Irwinville [Irwin County] ...
  • Published In Sylvester [Worth County] ...
  • Published In Cordele [Crisp County] ...
  • Published In Ocilla [Irwin County] ...
    • Ocilla Dispatch (from 1899)
    • The Dispatch (from 1896)
    • The Ocilla Star (from 190?)
  • Published In Omega [Tift County] ...
    • Omega News (from 1939)
  • Published In Vienna [Dooly 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- Ashburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7059, Longitude: -83.6534