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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Yazoo City 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 52 papers that were published in the immediate area of Yazoo City. In addition, the list contains another 8 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Yazoo City. In total, we've identified 60 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Yazoo City.

Newspapers Published In Yazoo City ...

We know of 52 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Yazoo City (between 1834 and the present) :


The following papers were published when Yazoo City was known as Manchester:

Newspapers Neighboring Yazoo City ...

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

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

  • Published In Benton  ...
    • Yazoo Banner (from 1838)
  • Published In Bentonia  ...
    • Bentonia News (from 1939)
  • Published In Satartia  ...
    • The Satartia Sentinel (from 1876)
  • Published In Belzoni [Humphreys County] ...
  • Published In Flora [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Pickens [Holmes County] ...
    • The Pickens Post (from 1885)
      • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Pickens Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065555
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16171134

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- Yazoo City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yazoo City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8584, Longitude: -90.4051