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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakland is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oakland. Our list contains 49 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Oakland.

Newspapers Neighboring Oakland ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Oakland.

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

  • Published In Arlington [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Somerville  ...
  • Published In Cordova [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Collierville [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Bartlett [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Germantown [Shelby County] ...
    • Germantown News (from 1974)
    • The Shelby Sun Times (from 19??)
  • Published In La Grange  ...
  • Published In Millington [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Munford [Tipton County] ...
  • Published In Lamar [Benton County] ...
    • Dixie Boy (from 1883)
      • Years of publication:  1883 to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Dixie Boy
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87065316
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15581805
    • The Industrial Tattler (from 1884)
  • Published In Covington [Tipton County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2289, Longitude: -89.5152