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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lake Providence 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 10 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Providence. In addition, the list contains another 5 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lake Providence. In total, we've identified 15 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lake Providence.

Newspapers Published In Lake Providence ...

We know of 10 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lake Providence:

Newspapers Neighboring Lake Providence ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lake Providence.

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

  • Published In Mayersville [Issaquena County] ...
  • Published In Rolling Fork [Sharkey County] ...
  • Published In Tallulah [Madison Parish] ...
    • Madison Times (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Madison Times
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064405
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17941343
      • ISSN Number:   2166-7985
    • The Madison Journal (from 1888)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Providence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8017, Longitude: -91.1760