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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ava 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ava. In addition, the list contains another 92 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ava. In total, we've identified 95 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ava.

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 Ava.  

Newspapers Published In Ava ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ava:

  • The Ava Advertiser (from 1888)
  • The Ava Citizen
    • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ava Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082230
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15207855
  • The Ava Spokesman

Newspapers Neighboring Ava ...

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

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ava) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ava. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8886, Longitude: -89.4965       In this case, the coordinates for Ava have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).