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)
- Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Covington County Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87065667
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16577768
Republican Star (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Republican Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067139
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852792
The Watchman-Journal
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Watchman-Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067141
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17853160
The Watchman (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Watchman
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88067140
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852966

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??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Covington County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065021
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004040
- Mississippi Herald (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Mississippi Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17852694
- The Collins Commercial (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Collins Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065020
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004224
- The News-Commercial (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News-Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065022
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15004332
Published In Mize [Smith County] ...
- The Mize Headlight (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mize Headlight
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065412
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15737777
- The Mize Headlight (from 197?)
  - Years of publication: 197? to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mize Headlight
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065413
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15738440
Published In Magee [Simpson County] ...
- The Blow Torch (from 1937)
  - Published during 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Blow Torch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065384
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15647767
- The Magee Courier (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Magee Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065385
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649740
Published In Taylorsville [Smith County] ...
- The Taylorsville Post (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Taylorsville Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065623
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16505268
- The Taylorsville Signal (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Taylorsville Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065624
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16397628
Published In Ellisville [Jones County] ...
- The Alliance Eagle (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alliance Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065066
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089539
- The Ellisville News (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065067
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090312
- The Ellisville Progress (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15112024
- The Ellisville Voice (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ellisville Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15080060
- The Jones County News (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jones County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065069
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090035
- The Jones County Progress-Item (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jones County Progress-Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065070
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090725
- The New South-News (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1909
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New South-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065072
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089844
- The New South (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New South
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065071
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15089659
- The Progress-Item (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Progress-Item
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15090563

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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).