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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watkinsville 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Watkinsville. In addition, the list contains another 81 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Watkinsville. In total, we've identified 84 papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Watkinsville.

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 Watkinsville.  

Newspapers Published In Watkinsville ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Watkinsville:

Newspapers Neighboring Watkinsville ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Watkinsville.

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

  • Published In Athens [Clarke County] ...
    • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Athens. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Athens
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of Watkinsville. This extended list includes all the papers from Athens. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Watkinsville
  • Published In High Shoals  ...
    • The High Shoals Messenger (from 1897)

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Watkinsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watkinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8622, Longitude: -83.4084