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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Florence 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 Florence. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Florence. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Florence.

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 Florence.  

Newspapers Neighboring Florence ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Florence.

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

  • Published In Northampton  ...
    • We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Northampton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Northampton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Florence. This extended list includes all the papers from Northampton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Florence
  • Published In Easthampton  ...
  • Published In Amherst  ...
  • Published In Holyoke [Hampden County] ...
  • Published In Conway [Franklin County] ...
    • Farmer's Register (from 1798)
  • Published In Huntington  ...
    • 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 Chicopee [Hampden County] ...
  • Published In Ashfield [Franklin County] ...
    • The Ashfield News (from 1976)
  • Published In Belchertown  ...
  • Published In West Springfield [Hampden County] ...
  • Published In Westfield [Hampden County] ...
    • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Westfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Westfield
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Florence. This extended list includes all the papers from Westfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Florence

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Florence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Florence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3356, Longitude: -72.6720