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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Augusta 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 Augusta. In addition, the list contains another 63 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Augusta. In total, we've identified 69 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Augusta.

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 Augusta.  

Newspapers Published In Augusta ...

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

  • Augusta Herald (from 1878)
  • Augusta Times (from 1856)
    • The first year of publication was in 1856, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Augusta Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2005062005
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 57482992
  • Augusta Weekly Banner (from 1866)
  • Eagle-scribe (from 2000)
  • The Augusta Eagle (from 188?)
  • The Augusta Weekly Times (from 1856)

Newspapers Neighboring Augusta ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Augusta.

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

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- Augusta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Augusta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2309, Longitude: -90.9498       In this case, the coordinates for Augusta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).