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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ashland 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 Ashland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ashland. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Ashland.

Newspapers Neighboring Ashland ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Ashland.

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

  • Published In Carnesville  ...
  • Published In Homer [Banks County] ...
  • Published In Commerce [Jackson County] ...
    • The Commerce News
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Commerce News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053824
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20590487
    • The Commerce Observer (from 1909)
  • Published In Royston  ...
    • The News Leader (from 1978)
    • The Royston Record (from 19??)
  • Published In Danielsville [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Cornelia [Habersham County] ...
  • Published In Lavonia  ...
  • Published In Demorest [Habersham County] ...
  • Published In Jefferson [Jackson County] ...
    • Jackson Herald (from 1881)
    • The Forest News (from 1875)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3257, Longitude: -83.3557       In this case, the coordinates for Ashland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).