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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Howlands 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 Howlands. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Howlands. Our list contains 90 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Howlands.

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 Howlands.  

Newspapers Neighboring Howlands ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Howlands.

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

  • Published In Wareham  ...
  • Published In Middleborough  ...
  • Published In Assonet [Bristol County] ...
  • Published In Fairhaven [Bristol County] ...
    • Bristol Gazette (from 1812)
    • O Colonial (from 1925)
    • O Colonial (from 1925)
    • The Fairhaven Star (from 1880)
    • The Star (from 1879)
      • Years of publication:  1879 to 1880
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89062134
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20019939
  • Published In New Bedford [Bristol County] ...
    • We know of 89 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of New Bedford. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for New Bedford
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Howlands. This extended list includes all the papers from New Bedford. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Howlands
  • Published In Bourne [Barnstable County] ...

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- Howlands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Howlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7973, Longitude: -70.8453       In this case, the coordinates for Howlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).