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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Old Myrtle 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 Old Myrtle. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Old Myrtle. Our list contains 52 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Old Myrtle.

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 Old Myrtle.  

Newspapers Neighboring Old Myrtle ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Old Myrtle.

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

  • Published In New Albany  ...
  • Published In Blue Mountain [Tippah County] ...
    • The New Standard (from 1901)
  • Published In Ecru [Pontotoc County] ...
    • The Ecru Echo (from 1915)
  • Published In Ripley [Tippah County] ...
    • Southern Sentinel (from 1879)
    • The Enterprise (from 1910)
    • The Ripley Advertiser (from 1843)
    • The Ripley Broadaxe (from 1878)
    • The Ripley Standard (from 1897)
    • The Ripley Transcript (from 1837)
    • Uncle Sam (from 1855)
  • Published In Pontotoc [Pontotoc County] ...
  • Published In Ashland [Benton County] ...
  • Published In Holly Springs [Marshall County] ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Holly Springs. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Holly Springs
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Old Myrtle. This extended list includes all the papers from Holly Springs. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Old Myrtle
  • Published In Oxford [Lafayette County] ...
    • Lafayette County News (from 1899)
    • Lafayette County News (from 1959)
    • Lafayette County Press (from 1906)
    • Oxford Eagle (from 1876)
    • Oxford Sun (from 1881)
    • Oxford Weekly Ricochet (from 1874)
    • Random Shot (from 1876)
      • The first year of publication was in 1876, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Random Shot
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88067095
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17347302
    • The Constitution (from 1851)
    • The Democratic Flag (from 1852)
    • The Independent (from 1914)
    • The Lafayette Post (from 1937)
    • The Organizer (from 1845)
      • Years of publication:  1845 to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Organizer
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN87090127
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152068
      • ISSN Number:   2469-7583
    • The Oxford Falcon (from 1865)
    • The Oxford Globe (from 1889)
    • The Oxford Intelligencer (from 1860)
    • The Oxford Mercury (from 1857)
    • The Oxford Observer (from 1843)
    • The Oxford Signal (from 1856)
    • The Oxford Times (from 1985)
    • The Star Of The Union (from 1850)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Old Myrtle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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- Old Myrtle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Myrtle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5276, Longitude: -89.1226       In this case, the coordinates for Old Myrtle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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