The text newspaper Newspapers. flu 1893 1943 serial Weekly Chipley, Washington County, Fla C. Tharp & Co. Weekly eng

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v. In 1882, the small West Florida community of Orange was founded in anticipation of a railroad to connect the farming area with markets in the Florida cities of Pensacola and Tallahassee and cities in Alabama and Georgia. Shortly after the railroad arrived, the town was renamed Chipley in honor of William D. Chipley, vice-president of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, a notable figure in the political and economic history of the area, and an aggressive lobbyist for railroad land grants. The town's first newspaper, the Intelligencer [LCCN: not known to exist], edited by J.C. Langley, was also begun in 1882. The paper was renamed the Chipley Banner [LCCN: sn95047263] in 1893 and published under this name until 1943 when it merged with the Washington County (FL) News [LCCN: sn81000810], also published in Chipley from May 1931 and continuing under that title today (ca. 2007). "The town that was built on a railroad," Chipley is the county seat of Washington County, located inland in Florida's Panhandle south of the Alabama state line. The current Washington County News is a weekly published by Maurice Pujol and owned by Chipley Newspapers, Inc. With a circulation just over 2,000, the paper is affiliated with the Holmes County (FL) Advertiser [LCCN: sn95047240], published in Bonifay, Florida, also published by Chipley Newspapers, Inc., and owned by Pujol.--E. Kesse, University of Florida Digital Library Center. Began in 1893; ceased in 1943. Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection. Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (July 15, 1893). Latest issue consulted: Vol. 36, no. 52 (Jan. 24, 1929). n-us-fl Chipley (Fla.) Newspapers Washington County (Fla.) Newspapers Florida Chipley Florida Washington County United States Florida Washington Chipley Newspaper 0279-795X (DLC)sn 81000810 (OCoLC)7260886 1943-8826 sn 95047263 33427638 aacr FUG 951106 20251107151737.6 15502050 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng