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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Polkville 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 Polkville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Polkville. Our list contains 28 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Polkville.

Newspapers Neighboring Polkville ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Polkville.

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

  • Published In Pelahatchie [Rankin County] ...
    • Pelahatchie News (from 1892)
  • Published In Morton [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Raleigh  ...
    • The Defense (from 1890)
  • Published In Forest [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Mendenhall [Simpson County] ...
  • Published In Brandon [Rankin County] ...
  • Published In Hillsboro [Scott County] ...
    • Hillsboro Argus (from 1842)
  • Published In Magee [Simpson County] ...
  • Published In Mize  ...

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- Polkville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1902, Longitude: -89.6922       In this case, the coordinates for Polkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).