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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Westwood 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 Westwood. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Westwood. Our list contains 21 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Westwood.

Newspapers Neighboring Westwood ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Westwood.

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

  • Published In Irwinville [Irwin County] ...
  • Published In Ocilla [Irwin County] ...
    • Ocilla Dispatch (from 1899)
    • The Dispatch (from 1896)
    • The Ocilla Star (from 190?)
  • Published In Abbeville [Wilcox County] ...
  • Published In Ashburn [Turner County] ...
  • Published In Alapaha [Berrien County] ...
    • Berrien County News (from 1875)
    • Georgia Forester (from 1874)
  • Published In Broxton [Coffee County] ...
  • Published In Douglas [Coffee County] ...
  • Published In Sumner [Worth County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Westwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7349, Longitude: -83.2924       In this case, the coordinates for Westwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).