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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Commerce 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Commerce. In addition, the list contains another 89 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Commerce. In total, we've identified 91 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Commerce.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Commerce.  

Newspapers Published In Commerce ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Commerce:

  • 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)

Newspapers Neighboring Commerce ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Commerce.

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

  • Published In Jefferson  ...
    • Jackson Herald (from 1881)
    • The Forest News (from 1875)
  • Published In Homer [Banks County] ...
  • Published In Danielsville [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Athens [Clarke County] ...
    • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Athens. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Athens
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Commerce. This extended list includes all the papers from Athens. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Commerce
  • Published In Carnesville [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Bogart [Oconee County] ...
    • The Bogart News (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bogart News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91099157
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24392924
  • Published In Hoschton  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Commerce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Commerce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2059, Longitude: -83.4624