Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pelican Island is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pelican Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pelican Island. Our list contains 1 papers that were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> of Pelican Island.

Newspapers Neighboring Pelican Island ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Pelican Island area:

Published In West Tampa ...
- West Tampa Leader (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Tampa Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97027623
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36923689

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pelican Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pelican Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9738, Longitude: -82.5628 In this case, the coordinates for Pelican Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).