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:

Democratic Advocate (from 1853)
- Years of publication: 1853 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Democratic Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065332
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610587
Holmes County Herald (from 1959)
- Years of publication: 1959 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Holmes County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065333
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15612520
Holmes County Republican (from 1874)
- Years of publication: 1874 to 1875
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Holmes County Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95068605
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32880500
Lexington Advertiser (from 1838)
- Years of publication: 1838 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lexington Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85034445
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12868581
Lexington Standard (from 1838)
- Published during 1838
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lexington Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065335
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610461
Lexington Union (from 1838)
- Years of publication: 1838 to 18??
- Issues available online: 193
- Scanned issues: November 17, 1838 to December 23, 1843
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Lexington Union
- Holdings: LCCN SN87065337
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610515
- ISSN Number: 2469-6579
The Holmes County Times (from 1906)
- Published during 1906
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Holmes County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065334
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610833
The Lexington Advertiser (from 1904)
- Years of publication: 1904 to 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lexington Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84024271
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 1715582
The Lexington Standard And Holmes County Record (from 1838)
- Published during 1838
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lexington Standard And Holmes County Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065336
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610395
The Progress-Advertiser (from 1902)
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1903
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Progress-Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065338
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610723
The Weekly Democratic Advocate (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Democratic Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065339
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15610631
Whig Republican (from 1840)
- Years of publication: 1840 to 18??
- Issues available online: 10
- Scanned issues: October 21, 1840 to December 24, 1840
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Whig Republican
- Holdings: LCCN SN83016941
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10232391
- ISSN Number: 2470-2552

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 ...
- The Durant News (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Durant News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15477306
- The Durant Plaindealer (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Durant Plaindealer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065060
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090351
- The Weekly Democrat (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065061
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089208
Published In Goodman ...
- The National Star (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The National Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067113
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17375086
- The Weekly Central Star (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Central Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034373
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12742397
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] ...
- Carroll Watchman (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Carroll Watchman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065638
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16311029
- The Carroll News (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Carroll News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065637
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16506086
- The Vaiden Weekly Record (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Vaiden Weekly Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065639
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16311056
Published In Benton [Yazoo County] ...
- Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  - Years of publication: 1838 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Yazoo Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074035
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14517887
Published In Belzoni [Humphreys County] ...
- Delta Commercial (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Delta Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067180
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17829330
- The Belzoni Banner (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Belzoni Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074030
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14516716
- The Belzoni Journal (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Belzoni Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074034
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14508428

Off-the-Road Links ...

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- 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