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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mechanicsburg 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 Mechanicsburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mechanicsburg. Our list contains 61 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg.

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 Mechanicsburg.  

Newspapers Neighboring Mechanicsburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Mechanicsburg.

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

  • Published In Satartia  ...
    • The Satartia Sentinel (from 1876)
  • Published In Bentonia  ...
    • Bentonia News (from 1939)
  • Published In Flora [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Yazoo City  ...
    • We know of 50 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Yazoo City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Yazoo City
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Mechanicsburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Yazoo City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mechanicsburg
  • Published In Benton  ...
    • Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  • Published In Clinton [Hinds County] ...
    • Clinton Gazette (from 18??)
    • Southern Marksman (from 1838)
    • The Clinton News (from 1949)
    • The Clinton News (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clinton News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87090130
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152033
    • The Clinton Parade (from 1947)
    • The Clinton Times (from 1976)
    • The Constitutional Flag (from 1831)
  • Published In Edwards [Hinds County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mechanicsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mechanicsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6326, Longitude: -90.5029       In this case, the coordinates for Mechanicsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).