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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wayne 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 Wayne. In addition, the list contains another 172 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wayne. In total, we've identified 173 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Wayne.

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 Wayne.  

Newspapers Published In Wayne ...

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

  • Wayne Independent (from 1892)
    • The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Wayne Independent
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94060574
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31144996

Newspapers Neighboring Wayne ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Wayne.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wayne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9506, Longitude: -88.2425       In this case, the coordinates for Wayne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).