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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Salem 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 Salem. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Salem. Our list contains 56 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Salem.

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 Salem.  

Newspapers Neighboring Salem ...

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

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

  • Published In Houston  ...
    • Chickasaw County Times (from 191?)
    • Houston Advocate (from 1907)
    • Houston Post (from 1909)
    • Houston Post (from 1904)
    • Southern Patriot (from 18??)
    • The Chickasaw Messenger (from 1872)
    • The Free South (from 1883)
    • The Houston Petrel (from 1857)
    • Times-Post (from 1913)
      • Years of publication:  1913 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Times-Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83004725
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10014121
  • Published In Okolona  ...
    • 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)
  • Published In Cotton Gin Port [Monroe County] ...
  • Published In Aberdeen [Monroe County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aberdeen. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aberdeen
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Salem. This extended list includes all the papers from Aberdeen. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Salem
  • Published In Amory [Monroe County] ...
  • Published In Cumberland [Webster County] ...
  • Published In Pontotoc [Pontotoc County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Salem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9298, Longitude: -88.8973       In this case, the coordinates for Salem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).