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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wilson 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wilson. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wilson. In total, we've identified 89 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Wilson.

Newspapers Published In Wilson ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Wilson:

  • The Columbian (from 189?)
    • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Columbian
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064350
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17833410
  • The Wilson Sun (from 188?)

Newspapers Neighboring Wilson ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Wilson.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9236, Longitude: -91.1090       In this case, the coordinates for Wilson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).