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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Murphy 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 Murphy. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Murphy. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Murphy.

Newspapers Neighboring Murphy ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Murphy.

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

  • Published In Belzoni [Humphreys County] ...
  • Published In Rolling Fork [Sharkey County] ...
  • Published In Indianola [Sunflower County] ...
  • Published In Leland  ...
    • Leland Enterprise (from 1901)
    • Leland Progress (from 1944)
    • The Leland Progress (from 199?)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murphy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murphy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1210, Longitude: -90.7013       In this case, the coordinates for Murphy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).