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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Washington 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Washington. In addition, the list contains another 42 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Washington. In total, we've identified 66 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Washington.

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 Washington.  

Newspapers Published In Washington ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Washington:

Newspapers Neighboring Washington ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Washington.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Washington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8175, Longitude: -97.0513