Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watts 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 Watts. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Watts. Our list contains 1 papers that were published within Less than 2 miles<1> of Watts.

Newspapers Neighboring Watts ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Watts 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Watts) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9422, Longitude: -82.5074 In this case, the coordinates for Watts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).