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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sumter 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 Sumter. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sumter. Our list contains 54 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Sumter.

Newspapers Neighboring Sumter ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Sumter.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Sumter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sumter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9487, Longitude: -84.2556       In this case, the coordinates for Sumter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).