Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 24 newspapers that have been published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Mount Pleasant. 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
Lawrence County Press (from 1888)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1888 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Lawrence County Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065415
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15722348
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
Monticello Advocate (from 1872)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1872 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Monticello Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065416
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15722506
Monticello Gazette (from 1831)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1831 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Monticello Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83016754
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10105687
Pearl River Herald, And Eastern Public Advertiser (from 1826)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Published during 1826
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pearl River Herald, And Eastern Public Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065480
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16578904
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 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 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 Monticello Gazette (from 1823)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1823 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Monticello Gazette
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090962
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15242307
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 Pearl River Advocate, And Eastern Advertiser (from 1830)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1830 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pearl River Advocate, And Eastern Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83016806
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10134482
The Pearl River Banner (from 1837)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1837 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: The Pearl River Banner
- Holdings: LCCN SN87065417
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15722628
- ISSN Number: 2469-9217
The Sunny South (from 1876)
- Published in Monticello [Lawrence County]
- Years of publication: 1876 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sunny South
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065418
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15722452
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 Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6966, Longitude: -89.6973 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).