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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sharon 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 Sharon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sharon. Our list contains 27 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Sharon.

Newspapers Neighboring Sharon ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Sharon.

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

  • Published In Abbeville [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In McRae  ...
  • Published In Ocilla [Irwin County] ...
    • Ocilla Dispatch (from 1899)
    • The Dispatch (from 1896)
    • The Ocilla Star (from 190?)
  • Published In Irwinville [Irwin County] ...
  • Published In Broxton [Coffee County] ...
  • Published In Eastman [Dodge County] ...
  • Published In Alamo [Wheeler County] ...
  • Published In Douglas [Coffee County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8802, Longitude: -83.1377       In this case, the coordinates for Sharon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).