Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Becket.
Our newspaper information for Becket 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 Becket. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Becket. Our list contains 59 papers that were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Becket.
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 Becket.
Newspapers Neighboring Becket ...
The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km] of Becket.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Becket.
- Published In Lee ...
- Berkshire Chronicle (from 1876)
- Central Berkshire Chronicle (from 1868)
- The Berkshire Democrat (from 1840)
- The Valley Gleaner, And Berkshire Farmers' Advocate (from 1868)
- The Valley Gleaner (from 1857)
- The Valley Gleaner (from 1879)
- Published In Lenox ...
- Berkshire Herald (from 1832)
- Berkshire Journal (from 1829)
- Berkshire Journal (from 1829)
- Berkshire Star And County Republican (from 1828)
- Journal & Argus (from 1831)
- Watch Light (from 1808)
- Published In Pittsfield ...
- We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pittsfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Pittsfield
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Becket. This extended list includes all the papers from Pittsfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Becket
- Published In Huntington [Hampshire County] ...
- Country Journal (from 19??)
- The Valley Echo (from 1885)
- The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Valley Echo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89063436
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22950336
- Published In Stockbridge ...
- Andrews's Western Star (from 1794)
- Andrews's Western Star (from 1794)
- Berkshire Herald (from 1814)
- Berkshire Star (from 1815)
- The Farmer's Herald (from 1808)
- The Political Atlas (from 1807)
- The Weekly Visitor (from 1841)
- The Western Star (from 1789)
- The Western Star (from 1789)
- The Western Star (from 1797)
- Published In Great Barrington ...
- Berkshire Courier And Great Barrington Gazette (from 1846)
- Berkshire Courier And Housatonic Mirror (from 1846)
- Berkshire Daily Press (from 1906)
- The Berkshire Courier (from 1834)
- The Berkshire Courier (from 1848)
- The Berkshire News (from 1889)
- The Berkshire Record (from 1989)
- The Housatonic Mirror (from 1846)
- The Independent Press (from 1845)
- The Trial Courier (from 18??)
- Published In Tolland [Hampden County] ...
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
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The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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- Becket) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Becket. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3320, Longitude: -73.0829 In this case, the coordinates for Becket have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |