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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Athens 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Athens. In addition, the list contains another 43 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Athens. In total, we've identified 67 papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Athens.

Newspapers Published In Athens ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Athens:

Newspapers Neighboring Athens ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Athens.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Athens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Athens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4525, Longitude: -84.6039       In this case, the coordinates for Athens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).