Central Alabamian

The Central Alabamian was a short-lived weekly newspaper published in Elyton. It was established in 1849 when Joseph Smith and Baylis Grace purchased the assets of the former Jones Valley Times. Grace served as editor during that year, but the paper folded before the end of December.

Moses Lancaster of Greensboro revived the Central Alabamian in the early 1850s and managed to carry on for about three years before he, too, was forced to suspend publishing. John Cantley, a merchant from Mobile, purchased the paper's assets and subsequently founded the Elyton Herald.

References

• Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.
• Jackson, Harvey H. (2000) The WPA Guide to 1930s Alabama Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, p. 167. ISBN 0817310282