Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jackson.
Our newspaper information for Jackson 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 59 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jackson. In addition, the list contains another 36 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jackson. In total, we've identified 95 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jackson.
Newspapers Published In Jackson ...
We know of 59 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jackson:
- Central Democrat (from 1853)
- Commercial Bulletin (from 1880)
- Community Focus (from 1985)
- Daily Blade (from 1887)
- Daily Tribune And Sun (from 1888)
- District Intelligencer And Southern Statesman (from 1840)
- District Telegraph And State Sentinel (from 1837)
- Jackson Daily Whig (from 189?)
- Jackson Democrat (from 1909)
- Jackson Dispatch (from 1873)
- Jackson Gazette (from 1824)
- Jackson Journal (from 1980)
- Continue List (47 more) ...
- Jackson Republican (from 1874)
- Jackson Republican (from 1842)
- Pioneer (from 1822)
- Years of publication: 1822 to 1824
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pioneer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85042821
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12869375
- Pioneer (from 1969)
- Semi-Weekly West Tennessee Whig (from 1885)
- Southern Appeal (from 1916)
- Southern Statesman (from 1831)
- The Afro-American Sentinel (from 1890)
- The Blade (from 189?)
- The Daily Democrat (from 1870)
- The Daily Gun (from 188?)
- The Daily Plain-Dealer (from 1871)
- The District Telegraph (from 1837)
- The Evening Times (from 18??)
- The Forked Deer Blade (from 1884)
- The Gabfest (from 1899)
- The first year of publication was in 1899, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gabfest
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065525
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38055118
- The Jackson Daily Sun (from 1896)
- The Jackson Headlight (from 1900)
- The Jackson Headlight (from 1900)
- The Jackson Journal (from 1957)
- The Jackson Madisonian (from 185?)
- The Jackson State Pioneer (from 1967)
- The Jackson Statesman (from 197?)
- The Jackson Sun (from 191?)
- The Jackson Sun (from 1873)
- The Jackson Weekly Democrat (from 1870)
- The Jackson Weekly Sun (from 189?)
- The Jackson Whig (from 190?)
- The Jacksonian (from 1912)
- The Metro Forum (from 198?)
- The New Era (from 1846)
- The State Wheel (from 1887)
- The Sun Spotter (from 1976)
- The Times (from 1888)
- The Weekly Jackson Tribune (from 1869)
- The Weekly Times (from 1889)
- The West Tennessean (from 1972)
- The West Tennessee Plaindealer (from 1870)
- Tribune And Sun (from 1877)
- Truth Teller And District Sentinel (from 1834)
- West Tennessean (from 1860)
- West Tennessee Club-room (from 1873)
- West Tennessee Whig (from 1877)
- West Tennessee Whig (from 189?)
- West Tennessee Whig (from 1842)
- Whig And Tribune (from 1870)
- Whig And Tribune (from 1870)
Newspapers Neighboring Jackson ...
The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jackson.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Jackson.
- Published In Henderson [Chester County] ...
- Chester County Independent (from 19??)
- Henderson Headlight (from 1902)
- Sky-rocket (from 1923)
- The Bell Tower (from 1972)
- The New Edition (from 1972)
- The New Era (from 188?)
- Published In Humboldt [Gibson County] ...
- Soldier's Budget (from 1862)
- The Chronicle (from 1995)
- The Courier Chronicle (from 1972)
- The Courier-Chronicle And The West Tennessean (from 1968)
- The Courier-Chronicle (from 1886)
- The Grange Journal (from 1871)
- The Humboldt Herald (from 1875)
- The Humboldt Journal (from 1872)
- The Messenger (from 18??)
- The Weekly Messenger (from 188?)
- Published In Alamo [Crockett County] ...
- Alamo Signal (from 189?)
- Alamo Weekly Guide (from 1913)
- The Alamo Pilot (from 192?)
- The Crockett Co. Sentinel, Tri-Co News, Crockett Times (from 1983)
- The Crockett Times (from 193?)
- Published In Milan [Gibson County] ...
- Milan Weekly Times (from 1869)
- Republican Banner (from 1890)
- The Milan Exchange (from 1874)
- The Milan Exchange (from 1874)
- The Milan Hustler (from 189?)
- The Milan Mirror (from 1965)
- The Milan Monitor (from 1881)
- The Milan Topics (from 1903)
- The Mirror-exchange (from 1978)
- Published In Lexington [Henderson County] ...
- Henderson County Times (from 1978)
- Lexington Reporter (from 1873)
- The Lexington Leader (from 193?)
- The Lexington Progress (from 1884)
- The Lexington Republican (from 189?)
- The Times (from 198?)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Jackson: www.cityofjackson.net/
The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.tn.us/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Jackson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6143, Longitude: -88.8173 |