Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Petal is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Petal. In addition, the list contains another 31 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Petal. In total, we've identified 33 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Petal.

Newspapers Published In Petal ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Petal:

The Petal Journal (from 197?)
- Years of publication: 197? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Petal Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065548
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16116040
The Petal Times (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Petal Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89065036
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19522604

Newspapers Neighboring Petal ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Petal.

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

Published In Hattiesburg ...
- Forrest County News (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Forrest County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065162
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215976
- Hattiesburg American (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hattiesburg American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10363305
- Hattiesburg Daily News (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hattiesburg Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065163
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215610
- Hattiesburg Daily Progress (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hattiesburg Daily Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065165
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215956
- Hattiesburg Progress (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hattiesburg Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065037
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19522656
- Hub City Advertiser (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hub City Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18116527
- Hub City Community News (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hub City Community News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067042
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17453254
- South Mississippi Community News (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South Mississippi Community News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067041
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17453144
- The American Citizen (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The American Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065161
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15216069
- The Daily Squibs (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Squibs
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065038
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19522724
- The Hattiesburg Citizen
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hattiesburg Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065164
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15216026
- The Hattiesburg Independent (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hattiesburg Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065166
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215354
- The Hattiesburg News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hattiesburg News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065167
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215690
- The Hub Breeze (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hub Breeze
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065035
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19522447
- The Hub City News (from 1987)
  - Years of publication: 1987 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hub City News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067046
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17453211
- The Saturday Evening Eye (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Saturday Evening Eye
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065168
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15215925
- The Union Messenger (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Union Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067122
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17779530
- The Weekly Citizen (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067085
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17689551
- The Weekly News (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067058
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17402996
- Times-Advertiser (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Times-Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067157
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18116679
Published In New Augusta [Perry County] ...
- The Perry County News (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Perry County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065452
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16102712
Published In Ellisville [Jones County] ...
- The Alliance Eagle (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alliance Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065066
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089539
- The Ellisville News (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065067
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090312
- The Ellisville Progress (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15112024
- The Ellisville Voice (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15080060
- The Jones County News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jones County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065069
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090035
- The Jones County Progress-Item (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jones County Progress-Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065070
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090725
- The New South-News (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New South-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089844
- The New South (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New South
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065071
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089659
- The Progress-Item (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Progress-Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090563
Published In Richton [Perry County] ...
- The Richton Dispatch (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Richton Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065586
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16275770

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Petal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Petal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3469, Longitude: -89.2599