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)
- Holmes County Herald (from 1959)
- Holmes County Republican (from 1874)
- Lexington Advertiser (from 1838)
- Lexington Standard (from 1838)
- Lexington Union (from 1838)
- The Holmes County Times (from 1906)
- The Lexington Advertiser (from 1904)
- The Lexington Standard And Holmes County Record (from 1838)
- The Progress-Advertiser (from 1902)
- The Weekly Democratic Advocate (from 18??)
- Whig Republican (from 1840)
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)
- The Durant Plaindealer (from 19??)
- The Weekly Democrat (from 18??)
- Published In Goodman ...
- The National Star (from 18??)
- The Weekly Central Star (from 1866)
- Published In Pickens ...
- The Pickens Post (from 1885)
- Published In Vaiden [Carroll County] ...
- Carroll Watchman (from 18??)
- The Carroll News (from 1901)
- The Vaiden Weekly Record (from 1876)
- Published In Benton [Yazoo County] ...
- Published In Belzoni [Humphreys County] ...
- Delta Commercial (from 19??)
- The Belzoni Banner (from 1914)
- The Belzoni Journal (from 1910)
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 |