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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Scooba is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Scooba. In addition, the list contains another 47 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Scooba. In total, we've identified 49 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Scooba.

Newspapers Published In Scooba ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Scooba:

Newspapers Neighboring Scooba ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Scooba.

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

  • Published In Geiger [Sumter County] ...
    • The Geiger Times (from 1910)
  • Published In De Kalb  ...
  • Published In Gainesville [Sumter County] ...
  • Published In Macon [Noxubee County] ...
    • East Mississippi Tribune (from 1895)
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
      • Years of publication:  1859 to 1995
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Macon Beacon
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN83016943
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10232493
      • ISSN Number:   2378-1734
    • Macon Beacon (from 1859)
    • Macon Herald (from 1841)
    • Macon Intelligencer (from 1838)
    • The Beacon (from 1995)
    • The Farmer's Democrat (from 18??)
    • The Free Opinion (from 1874)
    • The Macon Sun (from 1892)
    • The Mississippi Sun (from 1875)
    • The Noxubee Democrat (from 1889)
    • The Noxubee Herald (from 1901)
    • The Noxubee Rifle (from 1848)
    • Union Beacon (from 1849)
  • Published In Epes [Sumter County] ...
  • Published In Livingston [Sumter County] ...
  • Published In York [Sumter County] ...
    • Sumter County Journal
    • The York Herald (from 1910)
    • The York Press (from 1917)
    • The York Weekly Press (from 1913)

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- Scooba) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scooba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8302, Longitude: -88.4772       In this case, the coordinates for Scooba have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).