Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 18 newspapers that have been published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Mount Olive. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Covington County Journal (from 1889)
- Published in Williamsburg [Covington County]
- Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Covington County Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065667
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16577768
Covington County News (from 19??)
- Published in Collins [Covington County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1937
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Covington County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065021
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004040
Mississippi Herald (from 19??)
- Published in Collins [Covington County]
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mississippi Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067133
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852694
Republican Star (from 19??)
- Published in Williamsburg [Covington County]
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Republican Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067139
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852792
Simpson County News (from 1902)
- Published in Mendenhall [Simpson County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Simpson County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065396
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15714639
The Bay Springs News (from 19??)
- Published in Bay Springs [Jasper County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1917
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Bay Springs News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065351
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15724353
The Blow Torch (from 1937)
- Published in Magee [Simpson County]
- Published during 1937
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Blow Torch
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065384
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15647767
The Collins Commercial (from 1902)
- Published in Collins [Covington County]
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1937
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Collins Commercial
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065020
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004224
The Defense (from 1890)
- Published in Raleigh [Smith County]
- Years of publication: 1890 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Defense
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065576
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16275450
The Jasper County News (from 1917)
- Published in Bay Springs [Jasper County]
- Years of publication: 1917 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Jasper County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86074014
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14508741
The Magee Courier (from 1899)
- Published in Magee [Simpson County]
- Years of publication: 1899 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Magee Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065385
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649740
The Mize Headlight (from 1926)
- Published in Mize [Smith County]
- Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mize Headlight
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065412
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15737777
The Mize Headlight (from 197?)
- Published in Mize [Smith County]
- Years of publication: 197? to 1973
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Mize Headlight
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065413
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15738440
The News-Commercial (from 1937)
- Published in Collins [Covington County]
- Years of publication: 1937 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News-Commercial
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065022
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004332
The Taylorsville Post (from 1984)
- Published in Taylorsville [Smith County]
- Years of publication: 1984 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Taylorsville Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065623
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16505268
The Taylorsville Signal (from 19??)
- Published in Taylorsville [Smith County]
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Taylorsville Signal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065624
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16397628
The Watchman-Journal
- Published in Williamsburg [Covington County]
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Watchman-Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067141
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17853160
The Watchman (from 18??)
- Published in Williamsburg [Covington County]
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Watchman
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067140
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852966

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Olive) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Olive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7608, Longitude: -89.6609 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Olive have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).