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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bristol 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bristol. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bristol. In total, we've identified 71 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bristol.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bristol.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Bristol ...

We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Bristol:

  • Bristol Beacon (from 1969)
  • Bristol City Ledger (from 190?)
  • Bristol Times (from 1964)
  • Bristol/Valley Press (from 1984)
  • Monthly Review (from 184?)
  • Pequabuck Valley Gazette (from 1876)
  • Plainville News (from 1981)
  • The Bristol Journal (from 189?)
  • The Bristol News (from 193?)
  • The Bristol News (from 189?)
    • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Bristol News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94053144
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30718607
  • The Bristol Press (from 1890)
  • The Bristol Press (from 1871)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

Newspapers Neighboring Bristol ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bristol.

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

  • Published In Plainville  ...
  • Published In Southington  ...
  • Published In Thomaston [Litchfield County] ...
  • Published In Farmington  ...
  • Published In New Britain  ...
    • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Britain. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Britain
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bristol. This extended list includes all the papers from New Britain. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bristol.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Waterville [New Haven County] ...
  • Published In Collinsville  ...
  • Published In Berlin  ...
  • Published In Waterbury [New Haven County] ...
    • We know of 70 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Waterbury. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Waterbury
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bristol. This extended list includes all the papers from Waterbury. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bristol.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Watertown [Litchfield County] ...
    • The Post (from 1881)
      • Years of publication:  1881 to 188?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Post
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93053754
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27476681
    • Watertown News (from 1913)
  • Published In Elmwood  ...
  • Published In Newington  ...
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Published In West Hartford  ...
    • Published In Cheshire [New Haven County] ...
    • Published In East Berlin  ...
    • Published In Meriden [New Haven County] ...
      • We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Meriden. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Meriden
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bristol. This extended list includes all the papers from Meriden. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bristol.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Prospect [New Haven County] ...
    • Published In Torrington [Litchfield County] ...
    • Published In Morris [Litchfield County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Bristol: www.ci.bristol.ct.us/

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Bristol) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bristol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6812, Longitude: -72.9407       In this case, the coordinates for Bristol have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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