Editing Marion County, Alabama (section)

===Newspapers===
The Court House at Hamilton burned in March 1887.<ref>Marion Herald April 5, 1887 pg 8</ref>  All newspapers before that date were lost in the flames as the Court House was the repository for them. The newspapers that we have record of after the fire are:
*The Marion County Herald - (1885–1890) The first newspaper available for The Marion Herald is April 5, 1887 due to the Court House Fire. The original date of beginning and editors have been lost with the Court House fire, but seems to have been started around April 1885. The Lamar News states that A. A. Wall had been with the Marion Herald before he started The Vernon Courier which was in 1886.<ref>The Lamar News of May 20, 1886</ref> No earlier publishers of the paper have been found. The newspaper passed through several hands before closing its doors. Some of the notable editors include W. F. Green, James S. Clements, W. T. Gast, L. J. Clark, and others. The first editors were listed under the name The Herald Publishing Company.
*The Guin Dispatch (1888–1889) The Guin Dispatch was started around November 1888 by James S. Clements. It did not last long - only 13 issues. It closed its doors with the last issue of Feb 23, 1889.
*The Hamilton Times (1890–1893)
*The Hamilton Free Press (1893–1894)
*The Hamilton News Press (1895)
*The Hamilton Appeal (1896)
*The Guin Gazette (1897)
*The Gazette Appeal (1897)
*The Winfield Enterprise (1899–1900)
*The Marion County Democrat (1900–1904)
*The Marion County Republican (1908–1909)
*The Marion County News (1894, 1896 - 1959?)
*New Hope Record (1920)
*The Winfield Journal (1930–1959)
*The Hackleburg Sentinel (1937–1955)
*The Marion County Journal (1975)
*The Guin Gazette (1987)
*The Gazette Appeal (1987)
*The Journal Record (1976–present)