Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Macon 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 14 papers that were published in the immediate area of Macon. In addition, the list contains another 16 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Macon. In total, we've identified 30 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Macon.

Newspapers Published In Macon ...

We know of 14 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Macon:

East Mississippi Tribune (from 1895)
- Years of publication: 1895 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the East Mississippi Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065374
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649677
Macon Beacon (from 1859)
- Years of publication: 1859 to 1995
- Issues available online: 2002
- Scanned issues: January 4, 1860 to December 29, 1922
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Macon Beacon
- Holdings: LCCN SN83016943
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10232493
- ISSN Number: 2378-1734
Macon Beacon (from 1859)
- Years of publication: 1859 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Macon Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218659
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 904338722
Macon Herald (from 1841)
- Years of publication: 1841 to 1842
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Macon Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065376
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649188
Macon Intelligencer (from 1838)
- Years of publication: 1838 to 1840
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Macon Intelligencer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065377
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649135
The Beacon (from 1995)
- Years of publication: 1995 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015218516
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 900986449
The Farmer's Democrat (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Farmer's Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065375
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649458
The Free Opinion (from 1874)
- Years of publication: 1874 to 1875
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Free Opinion
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97058050
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32880662
The Macon Sun (from 1892)
- Years of publication: 1892 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Macon Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065378
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649652
The Mississippi Sun (from 1875)
- Years of publication: 1875 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mississippi Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065379
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649355
The Noxubee Democrat (from 1889)
- Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Noxubee Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065380
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649403
The Noxubee Herald (from 1901)
- Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Noxubee Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065381
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649705
The Noxubee Rifle (from 1848)
- Years of publication: 1848 to 1849
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Noxubee Rifle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065382
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649213
Union Beacon (from 1849)
- Years of publication: 1849 to 1859
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Union Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065383
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649282

Newspapers Neighboring Macon ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Macon.

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

Published In Brooksville ...
- The Brooksville Progress (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Brooksville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065744
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17001257
- The Noxubee News (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Noxubee News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14817917
Published In Pickensville [Pickens County] ...
- Pickensville Register (from 1840)
  - Years of publication: 1840 to 184?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pickensville Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050392
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020311
- South Alabamian (from 1839)
  - Published during 1839
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South Alabamian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86062023
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2683765
- The Pickensville Courier (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickensville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050393
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020084
- The Pickensville Journal (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pickensville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050389
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17020821
Published In Scooba [Kemper County] ...
- 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
Published In Geiger [Sumter County] ...
- The Geiger Times (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Geiger Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88050077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17699214
Published In Aliceville [Pickens County] ...
- The Aliceville Times (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Aliceville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87050374
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17010944
Published In De Kalb [Kemper County] ...
- 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
  - Issues available online: 1
  - Scanned issues: October 24, 1900 to October 24, 1900
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Macon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Macon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1140, Longitude: -88.5600