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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Washington Heights 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Washington Heights. In addition, the list contains another 64 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Washington Heights. In total, we've identified 65 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Washington Heights.

Newspapers Published In Washington Heights ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Washington Heights area:

  • The Home Journal (from 1875)
    • The first year of publication was in 1875, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Home Journal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054693
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30057347

Newspapers Neighboring Washington Heights ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Washington Heights.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Washington Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7064, Longitude: -87.6562       In this case, the coordinates for Washington Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).