Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bridgeport.
Our newspaper information for Bridgeport 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeport. In addition, the list contains another 29 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bridgeport. In total, we've identified 37 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Bridgeport.
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 Bridgeport.
Newspapers Published In Bridgeport ...
We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Bridgeport:
- Bridgeport Banner (from 1922)
- Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville Times (from 1974)
- Bridgeport Leader (from 1978)
- Leader Times (from 1975)
- The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville Times (from 1994)
- The Bridgeport Leader
- The Bridgeport Leader (from 1997)
- The Local Reporter (from 18??)
Newspapers Neighboring Bridgeport ...
The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Bridgeport.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Bridgeport.
- Published In Lawrenceville ...
- American Banner (from 18??)
- Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
- Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
- Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
- Lawrence County News (from 1895)
- Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
- Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
- Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
- The American Banner (from 1855)
- The Daily Record (from 1922)
- The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
- The Rural Republican (from 1873)
- The Western Globe (from 18??)
- Published In Sumner ...
- Lawrence County Courier (from 1895)
- Lawrence County Press (from 1876)
- Sumner Advocate (from 1891)
- The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054064
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23806218
- The Sumner Democrat (from 1891)
- The Sumner Press (from 1882)
- Published In Saint Francisville ...
- St. Francisville Times (from 19??)
- Published In Flat Rock [Crawford County] ...
- Flat Rock Journal (from 19??)
- Published In Vincennes [Knox County] ...
- We know of 48 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vincennes. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vincennes
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Vincennes. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Duncanville [Crawford County] ...
- Published In Olney [Richland County] ...
- American Banner (from 18??)
- Olney Advocate (from 1884)
- Olney Daily Ledger (from 1876)
- Olney Daily Mail
- 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 Olney Daily Mail
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054017
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23245391
- Olney Ledger (from 1872)
- Olney News (from 1849)
- Olney Semi-Weekly Republican
- Olney Times (from 1856)
- Olney Weekly Republican (from 1854)
- Richland County Herald (from 1861)
- Richland County Republican (from 1876)
- The Daily Mail (from 19??)
- The Olney Daily Mail (from 1910)
- The Olney Democrat (from 18??)
- The Olney Evening Star (from 1892)
- The Olney News (from 1875)
- The Olney Republican (from 18??)
- The Olney Republican (from 1853)
- The Olney Republic (from 191?)
- The Olney Semiweekly Republic (from 19??)
- The Olney Times (from 188?)
- The Olney Weekly Democrat (from 1865)
- The Olney Weekly Journal (from 1863)
- The Olney Weekly Press (from 1858)
- The Olney Weekly Times (from 18??)
- Published In West Salem [Edwards County] ...
- Edwards County Times Advocate (from 1997)
- Independent Times Advocate (from 1985)
- Independent Times (from 19??)
- West Salem Advocate (from 19??)
- West Salem Gazette (from 1885)
- West Salem Times Advocate (from 1985)
- Published In Mount Carmel [Wabash County] ...
- Daily Republican-Register (from 1938)
- Havill's Every Morning (from 1908)
- Mount Carmel Daily Republican (from 1898)
- Mount Carmel Democrat (from 1860)
- Mount Carmel Democrat (from 1860)
- Mount Carmel Register (from 1839)
- Mount Carmel Sentinel And Wabash Advocate (from 1834)
- Mt. Carmel Daily Republican-Register (from 1918)
- Mt. Carmel Evening Register (from 1901)
- Mt. Carmel Evening Register (from 1911)
- Mt. Carmel Morning Register (from 1910)
- Mt. Carmel Republican (from 1878)
- Mt. Carmel Republican (from 1899)
- Plough Boy (from 1844)
- The Wabash Democrat (from 186?)
- The Wabash Weekly News (from 193?)
- Wabash Progresso (from 1932)
- Wabash Republican (from 1840)
- Wabash Valley News (from 1967)
- Published In Robinson [Crawford County] ...
- Crawford Bulletin (from 1863)
- Crawford County Bulletin (from 1860)
- Crawford County Republican (from 18??)
- Daily News (from 1983)
- Robinson Daily News (from 1919)
- Robinson Gazette (from 1858)
- The Constitution (from 1864)
- The Crawford County Argus (from 1863)
- The Daily Constitution (from 18??)
- The Daily Robinson Constitution (from 18??)
- The National Era (from 1891)
- The Robinson Argus And Crawford County Republican (from 1905)
- The Robinson Argus (from 1872)
- The Robinson Argus (from 1906)
- The Robinson Constitution (from 187?)
- Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...
- The Sainte Marie Tribune (from 1901)
- Published In Stoy [Crawford County] ...
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Published In Oaktown [Knox County] ...
- The Oaktown Record (from 1899)
- Published In Oblong [Crawford County] ...
- Oblong Ledger (from 1894)
- Oblong Ledger (from 1946)
- Oblong Oracle (from 1897)
- The Oblong Gem (from 1984)
- Published In Palestine [Crawford County] ...
- Crawford Banner (from 1857)
- Palestine Reporter (from 1898)
- Palestine Weekly News-Bulletin (from 1915)
- Palestine Weekly Register (from 1916)
- The Palestine Enterprise (from 1885)
- The Palestine Monitor (from 1911)
- The Palestine News (from 1891)
- The Palestine Pearl (from 1912)
- The Palestine Pioneer (from 1996)
- The Palestine Republican (from 1927)
- The Palestine Review (from 1905)
- The Palestine Semi-Weekly Register (from 1913)
- The Pioneer (from 1995)
- The Ruralist (from 1856)
- The Wabash Pearl (from 1909)
- The Yellow Jacket (from 1859)
- Published In Monroe City [Knox County] ...
- Knox County Republican (from 1876)
- The Monroe City Globe (from 1894)
- Published In Willow Hill [Jasper County] ...
- Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
- Published In Bicknell [Knox County] ...
- Bicknell Herald-News (from 1915)
- Knox County News (from 1995)
- Morning News-Report (from 1990)
- News-Report (from 1991)
- North Knox News (from 1995)
- The Bicknell Daily News (from 1919)
- The Bicknell Monitor And Herald-News (from 1919)
- The Bicknell Monitor (from 1911)
- The Bicknell News
- The Knox County Daily News (from 1991)
- The Knox County Daily News (from 1968)
- Published In Noble [Richland County] ...
- The County Commoner (from 1989)
- The County Line Commoner (from 1985)
- The Noble News
- 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 Noble News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95066006
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31878668
- The Richland (from 1985)
- Published In Carlisle [Sullivan County] ...
- Carlisle Argus (from 1887)
- The Carlisle Democrat (from 1877)
- The Carlisle News (from 1895)
- The Democrat (from 1878)
- Published In Princeton [Gibson County] ...
- We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Princeton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Princeton
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Bridgeport. This extended list includes all the papers from Princeton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bridgeport
- Published In Hutsonville [Crawford County] ...
- Hutsonville Pearl (from 1996)
- The Hutsonville Herald (from 1891)
- The Hutsonville Weekly Journal (from 1852)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bridgeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7120, Longitude: -87.7595 |