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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 16 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Salem.

Newspapers Neighboring Salem ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 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 Hillsboro [Scott County] ...
    • Hillsboro Argus (from 1842)
  • Published In Decatur [Newton County] ...
  • Published In Forest [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Philadelphia [Neshoba County] ...
  • Published In Newton [Newton County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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- 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: 32.5974, Longitude: -89.3490       In this case, the coordinates for Salem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).