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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oil City 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 Oil City. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oil City. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Oil City.

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 Oil City.  

Newspapers Neighboring Oil City ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Oil City.

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

  • Published In Bentonia  ...
    • Bentonia News (from 1939)
  • Published In Satartia  ...
    • The Satartia Sentinel (from 1876)
  • 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Oil City. 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 Oil City
  • Published In Flora [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Benton  ...
    • Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  • Published In Canton [Madison County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Canton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Canton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Oil City. This extended list includes all the papers from Canton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oil City
  • 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 Ridgeland [Madison County] ...

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- Oil City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oil City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6912, Longitude: -90.4340       In this case, the coordinates for Oil City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).