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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Freetown 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 Freetown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Freetown. Our list contains 14 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Freetown.

Newspapers Neighboring Freetown ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Freetown.

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

  • Published In Chickamauga  ...
  • Published In LaFayette  ...
  • Published In Ringgold [Catoosa County] ...
  • Published In Rossville  ...
  • Published In East Ridge [Hamilton County] ...
    • East Ridge Sun (from 1953)
    • The East Ridge Sun (from 1958)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8134, Longitude: -85.2416       In this case, the coordinates for Freetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).