Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Parsons 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Parsons. In addition, the list contains another 24 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Parsons. In total, we've identified 31 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Parsons.

Newspapers Published In Parsons ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Parsons:

Decatur County News Classic (from 1985)
- Years of publication: 1985 to 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Decatur County News Classic
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065456
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37803126
News & Shopper (from 1987)
- Years of publication: 1987 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the News & Shopper
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065455
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37803131
Tennessee River Wave (from 1894)
- Years of publication: 1894 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tennessee River Wave
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058226
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19132609
The News Leader (from 1981)
- Years of publication: 1981 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The News Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065453
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37804768
The Parsons Messenger (from 1893)
- Years of publication: 1893 to 189?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Parsons Messenger
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065454
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37803134
The Parsons News Leader & The Decatur County Herald (from 1961)
- Years of publication: 1961 to 1981
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Parsons News Leader & The Decatur County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065452
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37804210
The Parsons News-Leader (from 1925)
- Years of publication: 1925 to 1961
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Parsons News-Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89058227
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19132688

Newspapers Neighboring Parsons ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Parsons.

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

Published In Decaturville ...
- Decatur County Herald (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Decatur County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058060
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19032379
- Decatur County Independent (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Decatur County Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065451
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37805429
- Decatur County News Graphic (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Decatur County News Graphic
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065450
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37805532
- The Decatur Beacon (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Decatur Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065457
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37805543
- The Headlight (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Headlight
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065458
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37808944
Published In Scotts Hill ...
- Scott's Hill News (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scott's Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99065782
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41240889
- The Scotts Hill News (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Scotts Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99065783
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41240924
Published In Lexington [Henderson County] ...
- Henderson County Times (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Henderson County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069773
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889732
- Lexington Reporter (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1877
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lexington Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053480
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13711041
- The Lexington Leader (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lexington Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069775
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889760
- The Lexington Progress (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to current
  - Issues available online: 369
  - Scanned issues: January 10, 1913 to December 29, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Lexington Progress
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89058168
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19110587
- The Lexington Republican (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lexington Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099407
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22497484
- The Times (from 198?)
  - Published during 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069774
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889741
Published In Linden [Perry County] ...
- Buffalo River Review (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Buffalo River Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069781
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889901
- Linden Times (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Linden Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069777
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889841
- Perry County News (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Perry County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069779
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889913
- The Linden Mail (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Linden Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069778
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889823
- The New Age (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Age
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069782
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889853
- The Perry Countian (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1978
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Perry Countian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058345
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19255142
Published In Sardis [Henderson County] ...
- The Sardis News (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sardis News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069776
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38889807
Published In Clifton [Wayne County] ...
- Clifton Times (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Clifton Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065425
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37613284
- The Clifton Enterprise (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clifton Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065426
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37613329
- The Clifton Mirror
  - 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 Clifton Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065432
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37616912
- Wayne Citizen (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wayne Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058038
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19010390

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Parsons. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Decatur County: www.decaturcountytn.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parsons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parsons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6503, Longitude: -88.1234 In this case, the coordinates for Parsons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).