Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Memphis.
Our newspaper information for Memphis 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Memphis. In addition, the list contains another 71 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Memphis. In total, we've identified 72 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Memphis.
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 Memphis.
Newspapers Published In Memphis ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Memphis area:
- The Weekly Memphian (from 1874)
Newspapers Neighboring Memphis ...
The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Memphis.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Memphis.
- Published In Charlestown ...
- Brayfield's Weekly Citizen (from 191?)
- Charlestown Herald (from 1875)
- Charlestown Hustler (from 1894)
- Clark County Citizen (from 1902)
- Clark County Democrat (from 1858)
- Clark County Star (from 1884)
- Farmers' And Mechanics' Advocate (from 1827)
- Republican Statesman (from 1828)
- The Charlestown Courier (from 1940)
- The Charlestown Leader (from 1956)
- The Citizen-Record (from 1912)
- The Clark County Record (from 1869)
- The Comet (from 1834)
- The Hoosier Democrat And The Clark County Record (from 189?)
- The Hoosier Record (from 1907)
- The Indiana Intelligencer And Farmer's Friend (from 1821)
- The Indiana Mirror (from 1849)
- The Indianian (from 1836)
- The Statesman, And Clark County Advertiser (from 18??)
- Published In Sellersburg ...
- Sellersburg News (from 1961)
- The Clark County Mirror (from 1927)
- The Free Press (from 1940)
- The Sellersburg Leader (from 1957)
- The Sellersburg Star (from 1979)
- Published In Jeffersonville ...
- We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jeffersonville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jeffersonville
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Memphis. This extended list includes all the papers from Jeffersonville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Memphis
- Published In New Albany [Floyd County] ...
- We know of 62 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Albany. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Albany
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Memphis. This extended list includes all the papers from New Albany. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Memphis
- Published In New Washington ...
- The Courier (from 1896)
- The New Washington Courier (from 1897)
- Published In Scottsburg [Scott County] ...
- Scottsburg Weekly Courier (from 1914)
- The Austin Chronicle
- The Chronicle Weekender (from 1971)
- The Chronicle (from 1975)
- The Scott County Chronicle (from 1966)
- The Scott County Journal And Scott County Democrat (from 1912)
- The Scott County Journal (from 1914)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Memphis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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- Memphis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Memphis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4834, Longitude: -85.7616 In this case, the coordinates for Memphis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |