Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Charleston.
Our newspaper information for Charleston 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Charleston. In addition, the list contains another 96 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Charleston. In total, we've identified 115 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Charleston.
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 Charleston.
Newspapers Published In Charleston ...
We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Charleston:
- Charleston Courier (from 1902)
- Charleston Enterprise (from 1879)
- Charleston Republican (from 1906)
- Daily Enterprise (from 1891)
- Enterprise-Courier (from 1915)
- Mississippi County Times (from 1992)
- The Charleston Courier (from 1857)
- The Charleston Democrat (from 192?)
- The Charleston Gazette (from 1875)
- The Charleston Spokesman (from 1934)
- The Charleston Star (from 1901)
- The Charleston Times (from 1921)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- The Courier (from 1911)
- The Daily Index (from 1919)
- The Democrat (from 1887)
- The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90061979
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21922889
- The Enterprise (from 1875)
- The Independent (from 1862)
- The Volunteer (from 1862)
- Weekly Enterprise
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1915
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89066785
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19983654
Newspapers Neighboring Charleston ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Charleston.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Charleston.
- Published In Bertrand ...
- Hardwick's Bulletin (from 1928)
- Published In East Prairie ...
- Prairie Eagle (from 1905)
- The East Prairie Eagle (from 1906)
- Published In Cairo [Alexander County] ...
- We know of 59 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cairo. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cairo
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Charleston. This extended list includes all the papers from Cairo. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charleston
- Published In Wickliffe [Ballard County] ...
- Advance-Yeoman (from 1947)
- The Ballard Yeoman (from 1892)
- Published In Mound City [Pulaski County] ...
- Mound City Gazette (from 1861)
- Mound-City Weekly Emporium (from 1856)
- National Emporium (from 1856)
- Pulaski Enterprise (from 1892)
- Pulaski Patriot (from 1871)
- The Mound City Journal (from 1865)
- Published In Mounds [Pulaski County] ...
- Mounds Independent (from 1924)
- News Press (from 1956)
- Pulaski County News Press (from 1956)
- The Mounds 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 Mounds News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055657
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27863779
- The Pulaski County Enterprise-Independent (from 1957)
- Published In Benton [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Kicker (from 1901)
- The Benton Record (from 1879)
- The News Boy (from 1888)
- Published In Morley [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Banner (from 1911)
- The Morley Advance (from 1872)
- The Transcript (from 1872)
- Published In Commerce [Scott County] ...
- Commerce Dispatch (from 1869)
- The Dispatch (from 1867)
- Published In Bardwell [Carlisle County] ...
- Carlisle County Courier (from 1984)
- The Carlisle County News (from 1894)
- Published In Morehouse [New Madrid County] ...
- The Morehouse Hustler (from 1907)
- Published In Oran [Scott County] ...
- Oran News (from 1949)
- The Oran Leader (from 1910)
- Published In Illmo [Scott County] ...
- The Illmo Jimplicute (from 1914)
- The Jimplicute (from 1917)
- Published In La Center [Ballard County] ...
- La Center Advance (from 190?)
- Liberty (from 19??)
- The Ballard County News (from 1968)
- The Weekly Advance (from 1912)
- Continue List (1 more) ...
- Published In Chaffee [Scott County] ...
- North Scott County News (from 1989)
- Scott County News (from 1993)
- Scott County Signal (from 1993)
- The Chaffee Signal (from 1910)
- The Signal And North Scott County News (from 1967)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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- Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9209, Longitude: -89.3501 |