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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Boston 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 1,157 papers that were published in the immediate area of Boston. In addition, the list contains another 166 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Boston. In total, we've identified 1,323 papers within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Boston.

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 Boston.  

Newspapers Published In Boston ...

We know of 1,157 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Boston:

Newspapers Neighboring Boston ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Boston.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3611, Longitude: -71.0573