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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jasper 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jasper. In addition, the list contains another 21 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jasper. In total, we've identified 27 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Jasper.

Newspapers Published In Jasper ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jasper:

  • Jasper News (from 1885)
  • Mountain Boys (from 1884)
  • Pickens County Progress (from 1899)
  • The Pickens County Herald (from 1887)
  • The Piedmont Republican (from 1890)
  • The Republican (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 Republican
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89053219
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19602673

Newspapers Neighboring Jasper ...

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

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jasper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jasper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4616, Longitude: -84.4323       In this case, the coordinates for Jasper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).