Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sparta 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sparta. In addition, the list contains another 54 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sparta. In total, we've identified 61 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Sparta.

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 Sparta.

Newspapers Published In Sparta ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sparta:

Farmer's Gazette (from 1803)
- Years of publication: 1803 to 180?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Farmer's Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86053110
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13153929
Georgia Reporter & Christian Gazette (from 1826)
- Years of publication: 1826 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Georgia Reporter & Christian Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053280
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19579269
Southern Times & Planter (from 1870)
- Years of publication: 1870 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Southern Times & Planter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85034174
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12515325
The Ishmaelite And Times & Planter (from 188?)
- Years of publication: 188? to 1883
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ishmaelite And Times & Planter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053237
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19579130
The Ishmaelite (from 1883)
- Years of publication: 1883 to 1899
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ishmaelite
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053238
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19579155
The Sparta Ishmaelite (from 1899)
- Years of publication: 1899 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sparta Ishmaelite
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89053239
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19579209
The Sparta Times And Planter (from 186?)
- Years of publication: 186? to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sparta Times And Planter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86053111
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13153944

Newspapers Neighboring Sparta ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Sparta.

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

Published In Mount Zion ...
- Hancock Advertiser (from 1826)
  - The first year of publication was in 1826, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hancock Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091093
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16917726
- The Missionary (from 1819)
  - Years of publication: 1819 to 182?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Missionary
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053279
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19579376
Published In Crawfordville [Taliaferro County] ...
- Crawfordville Advocate (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 Crawfordville Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536644
- Crawfordville Democrat (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Crawfordville Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053090
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536612
- The Advocate-Democrat (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advocate-Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536814
- The Democrat (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1881
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053088
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536562
- The People's Advocate (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19536533
Published In Turnwold [Putnam County] ...
- The Countryman (from 1862)
  - Years of publication: 1862 to 1866
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Countryman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86077124
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13336347
Published In Warrenton [Warren County] ...
- Rural Cabinet (from 1828)
  - Years of publication: 1828 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rural Cabinet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053121
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19246033
- The Georgia Clipper (from 1860)
  - Years of publication: 1860 to 1875
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Georgia Clipper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034187
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12548031
- The Warrenton Clipper (from 187?)
  - Years of publication: 187? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Warrenton Clipper
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053151
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13212041
- Warren County Reporter (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Warren County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053830
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20849359
Published In Milledgeville [Baldwin County] ...
- We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Milledgeville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Milledgeville
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Sparta. This extended list includes all the papers from Milledgeville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sparta
Published In Gibson [Glascock County] ...
- Gibson Record Combined With The Georgia Guide (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gibson Record Combined With The Georgia Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053607
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19902894
- The Enterprise-Record (from 1892)
  - Published during 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise-Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052182
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21431925
- The Georgia Guide (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Georgia Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052184
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21431838
- The Gibson Record (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gibson Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052183
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21432276
- The Glascock Banner (from 1894)
  - The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Glascock Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053608
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19902898
Published In Sandersville [Washington County] ...
- Middle Georgia Progress (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Middle Georgia Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053292
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19897289
- Sandersville Courier (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sandersville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91074141
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25683178
- Sandersville Telescope (from 1841)
  - Years of publication: 1841 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sandersville Telescope
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN82014818
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8796172
- The Central Georgian (from 1847)
  - Years of publication: 1847 to 1874
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Central Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034105
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12411606
- The Courier (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099176
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24606081
- The Gazette (from 1874)
  - The first year of publication was in 1874, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90052362
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21403418
- The Mercury (from 1880)
  - The first year of publication was in 1880, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mercury
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19897297
- The Sandersville Georgian (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sandersville Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053294
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19897336
- The Sandersville Georgian (from 1971)
  - Published during 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sandersville Georgian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053295
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19897304
- The Sandersville Herald (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sandersville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034106
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12411614
- The Sandersville Progress (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sandersville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84005442
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10788611
- The Sandersville Progress (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sandersville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053293
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19897286
Published In Eatonton [Putnam County] ...
- Press And Messenger (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Press And Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054151
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21370529
- The Countryman (from 1990)
  - Years of publication: 1990 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Countryman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92024400
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25224355
- The Eatonton Messenger (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eatonton Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88054152
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21370565
- The Independent Press (from 1854)
  - Years of publication: 1854 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98063007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44723824
Published In Union Point [Greene County] ...
- The Weekly Bee (from 1889)
  - The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Bee
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053156
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19639221
- The Weekly Review (from 1897)
  - The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89053542
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20279762

Off-the-Road Links ...

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sparta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2767, Longitude: -82.9706 In this case, the coordinates for Sparta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).