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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Richmond 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 Richmond. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Richmond. Our list contains 44 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Richmond.

Newspapers Neighboring Richmond ...

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

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

  • Published In Fulton [Itawamba County] ...
  • Published In Tupelo  ...
  • Published In Amory [Monroe County] ...
  • Published In Cotton Gin Port [Monroe County] ...
  • Published In Okolona [Chickasaw County] ...
    • Okolona Messenger (from 1900)
    • The Chickasaw Messenger (from 1880)
    • The Chickasaw Sun
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1902
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Chickasaw Sun
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16103666
    • The Okolona News (from 1855)
    • The Okolona Sun (from 1902)
    • The People's Messenger (from 18??)
    • The Prairie News (from 1851)
    • The Southern States (from 1872)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richmond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1919, Longitude: -88.5571