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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Penns 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 Penns. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Penns. Our list contains 61 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Penns.

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 Penns.  

Newspapers Neighboring Penns ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Penns.

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

  • Published In Brooksville [Noxubee County] ...
  • Published In Starkville [Oktibbeha County] ...
  • Published In Columbus  ...
    • We know of 37 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Columbus
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Penns. This extended list includes all the papers from Columbus. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Penns
  • Published In Macon [Noxubee County] ...
    • East Mississippi Tribune (from 1895)
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
      • Years of publication:  1859 to 1995
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Macon Beacon
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN83016943
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10232493
      • ISSN Number:   2378-1734
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
    • Macon Herald (from 1841)
    • Macon Intelligencer (from 1838)
    • The Beacon (from 1995)
    • The Farmer's Democrat (from 18??)
    • The Free Opinion (from 1874)
    • The Macon Sun (from 1892)
    • The Mississippi Sun (from 1875)
    • The Noxubee Democrat (from 1889)
    • The Noxubee Herald (from 1901)
    • The Noxubee Rifle (from 1848)
    • Union Beacon (from 1849)
  • Published In West Point [Clay County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penns) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Penns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3523, Longitude: -88.6359       In this case, the coordinates for Penns have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).