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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Penton 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 Penton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Penton. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Penton.

Newspapers Neighboring Penton ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Penton.

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

  • Published In Hughes [Saint Francis County] ...
    • The Star-Herald (from 1938)
  • Published In Tunica [Tunica County] ...
  • Published In Hernando  ...
  • Published In Austin [Tunica County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Penton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8659, Longitude: -90.2798       In this case, the coordinates for Penton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).