Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fort Benning 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Benning. In addition, the list contains another 59 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fort Benning. In total, we've identified 62 papers within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Fort Benning.

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 Fort Benning.

Newspapers Published In Fort Benning ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Fort Benning:

The 124th Infantry Alligator (from 1941)
- Years of publication: 1941 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The 124th Infantry Alligator
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90052355
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21404097
The 505th Static Line (from 1942)
- Years of publication: 1942 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The 505th Static Line
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93063635
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28364392
Wille Und Weg (from 1945)
- Years of publication: 1945 to 194?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Wille Und Weg
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87078447
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15159971

Newspapers Neighboring Fort Benning ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Fort Benning.

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

Published In Girard [Russell County] ...
- Alabama State Register, And Girard And Columbus Advertiser (from 1840)
  - Years of publication: 1840 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Alabama State Register, And Girard And Columbus Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072203
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2665854
- East Alabama Messenger
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Alabama Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050250
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16209104
- East Alabamian (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045087
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12848497
- Girard Journal (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Girard Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050295
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16620086
- Phenix-Girard Journal (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix-Girard Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050189
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18543186
Published In Phenix City [Russell County] ...
- Phenix And Girard News (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix And Girard News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050251
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16244024
- Phenix City Herald (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1963
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix City Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050199
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18548526
- Phenix City Journal (from 1893)
  - The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix City Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12739533
- Phenix City Weekly News (from 1893)
  - The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix City Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12739612
- Phenix Progress (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Phenix Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050297
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16620874
- State Line Reformer (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the State Line Reformer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045048
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12742717
- The Harvest Gleaner (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Harvest Gleaner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050296
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16620748
- The News-Register (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News-Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85045045
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12739463
- The Phenix Citizen (from 195?)
  - Years of publication: 195? to 1963
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Phenix Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044898
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12244864
- The Phenix Citizen (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Phenix Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044900
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12258825
- The Phenix Monitor (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1978
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Phenix Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050298
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16621172
- The Phenix-Citizen Herald (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Phenix-Citizen Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85044899
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12244754
- The Russell Register And Press (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Russell Register And Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050303
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16670191
- The Weekly Advance (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86050022
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13035677
Published In Columbus [Muscogee County] ...
- We know of 59 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Fort Benning. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fort Benning

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- Fort Benning) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Benning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3721, Longitude: -84.9572