Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Williamsburg.
Our newspaper information for Williamsburg 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Williamsburg. In addition, the list contains another 19 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Williamsburg. In total, we've identified 23 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Williamsburg.
Newspapers Published In Williamsburg ...
We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Williamsburg:
- Covington County Journal (from 1889)
- Republican Star (from 19??)
- The Watchman-Journal
- The Watchman (from 18??)
Newspapers Neighboring Williamsburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Williamsburg.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Williamsburg.
- Published In Collins ...
- Covington County News (from 19??)
- Mississippi Herald (from 19??)
- The Collins Commercial (from 1902)
- The News-Commercial (from 1937)
- Published In Mize [Smith County] ...
- The Mize Headlight (from 1926)
- The Mize Headlight (from 197?)
- Published In Magee [Simpson County] ...
- The Blow Torch (from 1937)
- The Magee Courier (from 1899)
- Published In Taylorsville [Smith County] ...
- The Taylorsville Post (from 1984)
- The Taylorsville Signal (from 19??)
- Published In Ellisville [Jones County] ...
- The Alliance Eagle (from 1881)
- The Ellisville News (from 1892)
- The Ellisville Progress (from 1921)
- The Ellisville Voice (from 1986)
- The Jones County News (from 1909)
- The Jones County Progress-Item (from 1977)
- The New South-News (from 1905)
- The New South (from 189?)
- The Progress-Item (from 1924)
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6186, Longitude: -89.6112 In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |