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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Brooksville 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Brooksville. In addition, the list contains another 47 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Brooksville. In total, we've identified 49 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Brooksville.

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 Brooksville.  

Newspapers Published In Brooksville ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Brooksville:

Newspapers Neighboring Brooksville ...

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

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

  • Published In Macon  ...
    • East Mississippi Tribune (from 1895)
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
      • Years of publication:  1859 to 1995
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Macon Beacon
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN83016943
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10232493
      • ISSN Number:   2378-1734
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
    • Macon Herald (from 1841)
    • Macon Intelligencer (from 1838)
    • The Beacon (from 1995)
    • The Farmer's Democrat (from 18??)
    • The Free Opinion (from 1874)
    • The Macon Sun (from 1892)
    • The Mississippi Sun (from 1875)
    • The Noxubee Democrat (from 1889)
    • The Noxubee Herald (from 1901)
    • The Noxubee Rifle (from 1848)
    • Union Beacon (from 1849)
  • Published In Pickensville [Pickens County] ...
  • Published In Columbus [Lowndes County] ...
    • We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Brooksville. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Brooksville
  • Published In Starkville [Oktibbeha County] ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brooksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brooksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2346, Longitude: -88.5790