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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Central Park is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Central Park. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Central Park. Our list contains 57 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Central Park.

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 Central Park.  

Newspapers Neighboring Central Park ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Central Park.

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

  • Published In Aberdeen  ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aberdeen. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aberdeen
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Central Park. This extended list includes all the papers from Aberdeen. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Central Park
  • Published In Cotton Gin Port  ...
  • Published In Amory  ...
  • Published In West Point [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Okolona [Chickasaw County] ...
    • Okolona Messenger (from 1900)
    • The Chickasaw Messenger (from 1880)
    • The Chickasaw Sun
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1902
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Chickasaw Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16103666
    • The Okolona News (from 1855)
    • The Okolona Sun (from 1902)
    • The People's Messenger (from 18??)
    • The Prairie News (from 1851)
    • The Southern States (from 1872)

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- Central Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Central Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8209, Longitude: -88.5598       In this case, the coordinates for Central Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).