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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bentonia 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 Bentonia. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bentonia. In total, we've identified 40 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Bentonia.

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 Bentonia.  

Newspapers Published In Bentonia ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Bentonia area:

  • Bentonia News (from 1939)

Newspapers Neighboring Bentonia ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Bentonia.

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

  • Published In Flora [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Satartia  ...
    • The Satartia Sentinel (from 1876)
  • Published In Benton  ...
    • Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  • Published In Yazoo City  ...
    • We know of 50 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Yazoo City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Yazoo City
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Bentonia. This extended list includes all the papers from Yazoo City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bentonia
  • Published In Canton [Madison County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Canton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Canton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Bentonia. This extended list includes all the papers from Canton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bentonia
  • Published In Clinton [Hinds County] ...
    • Clinton Gazette (from 18??)
    • Southern Marksman (from 1838)
    • The Clinton News (from 1949)
    • The Clinton News (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clinton News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87090130
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152033
    • The Clinton Parade (from 1947)
    • The Clinton Times (from 1976)
    • The Constitutional Flag (from 1831)
  • Published In Ridgeland [Madison County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Bentonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bentonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6434, Longitude: -90.3693       In this case, the coordinates for Bentonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).