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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Smiths Ferry 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 Smiths Ferry. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Smiths Ferry. Our list contains 112 papers that were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Smiths Ferry.

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 Smiths Ferry.  

Newspapers Neighboring Smiths Ferry ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km] of Smiths Ferry.

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

  • Published In Edwards [Hinds County] ...
  • Published In Vicksburg  ...
    • We know of 91 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vicksburg. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vicksburg
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Smiths Ferry. This extended list includes all the papers from Vicksburg. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Smiths Ferry
  • Published In Delta [Madison Parish] ...
  • Published In Raymond [Hinds County] ...
  • Published In Utica [Hinds County] ...
  • 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 '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- Smiths Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smiths Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3476, Longitude: -90.6970       In this case, the coordinates for Smiths Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).