Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Damascus 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 Damascus. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Damascus. Our list contains 53 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Damascus.

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 Damascus.

Newspapers Neighboring Damascus ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Damascus.

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

Published In De Kalb ...
- Kemper County Messenger (from 1932)
  - Years of publication: 1932 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kemper County Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15079471
- Kemper Democrat (from 1857)
  - Years of publication: 1857 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kemper Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067048
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17402581
- The DeKalb Press (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The DeKalb Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067110
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17375295
- The DeKalb Sentinel (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The DeKalb Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17375317
- The Kemper Herald-Star (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1921
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kemper Herald-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15079260
- The Southern Star (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Southern Star
  - Holdings: LCCN SN87065057
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15079401
  - ISSN Number: 2470-167x
Published In Philadelphia [Neshoba County] ...
- Choctaw Community News (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Choctaw Community News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86016420
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 3974836
- The Neshoba Democrat (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Neshoba Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065535
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16258277
- The Philadelphia Chronicle (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Philadelphia Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065545
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16258348
Published In Marion [Lauderdale County] ...
- Lauderdale Republican (from 1852)
  - Years of publication: 1852 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lauderdale Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065389
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15674227
Published In Meridian [Lauderdale County] ...
- We know of 50 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Meridian. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Meridian
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Damascus. This extended list includes all the papers from Meridian. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Damascus
Published In Decatur [Newton County] ...
- The Newton County News (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newton County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15079027
Published In Scooba ...
- The Kemper Herald (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kemper Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065599
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16308320
- The Kemper Leader (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kemper Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17375278

Footnotes ...

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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- Damascus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damascus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6576, Longitude: -88.8339 In this case, the coordinates for Damascus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).