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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 157 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Richmond.

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 Richmond.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Richmond ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 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 Jackson [Hinds County] ...
    • We know of 136 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jackson. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jackson
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Richmond. This extended list includes all the papers from Jackson. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Richmond.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Pearl  ...
  • Published In Terry [Hinds County] ...
  • Published In Brandon  ...
  • Published In Clinton [Hinds County] ...
    • Clinton Gazette (from 18??)
    • Southern Marksman (from 1838)
    • The Clinton News (from 1949)
    • The Clinton News (from 1896)
      • The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Clinton News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87090130
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152033
    • The Clinton Parade (from 1947)
    • The Clinton Times (from 1976)
    • The Constitutional Flag (from 1831)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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: 32.2188, Longitude: -90.1834       In this case, the coordinates for Richmond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).