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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lexington 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lexington. In addition, the list contains another 13 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lexington. In total, we've identified 25 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Lexington.

Newspapers Published In Lexington ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lexington:

Newspapers Neighboring Lexington ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Lexington.

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

  • Published In Durant  ...
  • Published In Goodman  ...
  • Published In Pickens  ...
    • The Pickens Post (from 1885)
      • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pickens Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065555
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16171134
  • Published In Vaiden [Carroll County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Yazoo County] ...
    • Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  • Published In Belzoni [Humphreys 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1132, Longitude: -90.0528