Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rock Island.
Our newspaper information for Rock Island 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 Rock Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock Island. Our list contains 148 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Rock Island.
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 Rock Island.
Newspapers Neighboring Rock Island ...
The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of Rock Island.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rock Island.
- Published In Quincy ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Quincy. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Quincy
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Rock Island. This extended list includes all the papers from Quincy. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rock Island
- Published In Braintree ...
- Braintree Moneysaver (from 1966)
- Braintree Reporter (from 1892)
- The Autumn Gale (from 1870)
- The first year of publication was in 1870, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Autumn Gale
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89062454
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22235038
- The Braintree Bee (from 1894)
- The Braintree Observer And Sunday Forum (from 1967)
- The Braintree Observer (from 1886)
- The Braintree Star (from 1968)
- The Braintree Sunday Forum (from 1966)
- The Braintree Sunday News (from 1962)
- Published In Hingham [Plymouth County] ...
- Hingham Gazette (from 1827)
- Hingham Journal & Mariner (from 1993)
- Hingham Journal South Shore Advertiser (from 1850)
- Hingham Journal (from 1881)
- Hingham Patriot (from 1838)
- The Hingham Journal (from 1995)
- Published In Hull [Plymouth County] ...
- Hull Newsweekly (from 1986)
- The Hull Beacon (from 1895)
- The Hull News (from 1943)
- The Hull Reporter (from 1989)
- The Hull Times (from 1989)
- The Hull-Nantasket Times (from 1929)
- The South Shore Chronicle (from 1975)
- Published In Weymouth ...
- The Weymouth Weekly Gazette (from 1867)
- Weymouth Enterprise (from 1900)
- Weymouth Gazette And Transcript (from 1905)
- Weymouth Gazette The Citizen Braintree Reporter (from 1890)
- Weymouth Gazette The Citizen East Weymouth News Braintree Reporter (from 1890)
- Weymouth Gazette The Citizen East Weymouth News (from 1892)
- Weymouth Gazette, And Braintree Reporter (from 1876)
- Weymouth Gazette (from 1896)
- Weymouth News And Gazette (from 1977)
- Weymouth Weekly Gazette And Braintree Reporter (from 1870)
- Published In Milton ...
- Milton Record-Transcript (from 1961)
- The Milton Record (from 1904)
- Published In Holbrook ...
- Holbrook Times (from 1889)
- The Holbrook Sun (from 1958)
- Published In Randolph ...
- East Norfolk Register (from 1865)
- Norfolk County Register (from 1867)
- Randolph Advertiser (from 1862)
- Randolph Transcript And Advertiser (from 1863)
- Randolph Transcript, And New England Advertiser (from 1859)
- Randolph Transcript, And Norfolk County Advertiser (from 1857)
- Randolph Transcript, And Norfolk County Advertiser (from 1860)
- The Free School Campaign (from 1859)
- Published In Roxbury [Suffolk County] ...
- Le Chronic (from 1968)
- Le Chronic (from 1968)
- Morning Chronicle, Half Sheet (from 1828)
- Norfolk County Gazette And Manufacturers Advocate (from 182?)
- Norfolk Gazette And Manufacturer's Advocate (from 1825)
- Norfolk Republican (from 1827)
- The Norfolk Argus (from 1837)
- Published In Winthrop [Suffolk County] ...
- The Sun Transcript (from 1959)
- The Sun (from 1927)
- Years of publication: 1927 to 1959
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89063481
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23057750
- The Transcript (from 1944)
- The Visitor (from 1885)
- The Winthrop Review (from 1919)
- The Winthrop Sun (from 1892)
- The Winthrop Sun (from 1918)
- The Winthrop Tribune (from 1883)
- Winthrop Gazette (from 1885)
- Winthrop Independent (from 1909)
- Winthrop Sun And Visitor (from 1905)
- Winthrop Transcript (from 1944)
- Winthrop Visitor (from 1886)
- Published In Cohasset ...
- The Cohasset Cottager (from 1882)
- Published In Brookline ...
- Brookline Chronicle Citizen (from 1959)
- Brookline Chronicle (from 1874)
- Brookline Chronicle (from 1916)
- Brookline Citizen (from 1935)
- Brookline Citizen (from 1984)
- Brookline Independent (from 1873)
- Brookline News (from 1886)
- Brookline Transcript (from 1870)
- Brookline Tribune (from 1932)
- The Brookline Journal News (from 19??)
- The Brookline News (from 1931)
- The Brookline Press (from 1903)
- The Brookline Townsman (from 1913)
- The Chronicle (from 1874)
- The Chronicle (from 1881)
- The Guide (from 18??)
- The Jewish Times (from 1951)
- The Jewish Weekly Times (from 1945)
- The Suburban (from 1899)
- The Young American (from 1857)
- Published In Chelsea [Suffolk County] ...
- Chelsea Advertiser (from 1853)
- Chelsea Evening Record (from 1890)
- Chelsea Gazette (from 1886)
- Chelsea Herald And Winnisimmet Chronicle (from 185?)
- Chelsea Record And Temperance Advocate (from 1843)
- Chelsea Record (from 1876)
- Chelsea Union (from 1851)
- Telegraph And Pioneer (from 1857)
- The Catholic Citizen (from 1888)
- The Chelsea Bulletin (from 1865)
- The Chelsea Herald (from 1857)
- The Chelsea Pioneer (from 1848)
- The Chelsea Public (from 1872)
- The Chelsea Record (from 1948)
- The Chelsea Telegraph And Pioneer (from 1851)
- The Chelsea Telegraph (from 1850)
- The Chelsea Weekly News (from 1976)
- The Mystic Press (from 1869)
- Winnisimmet Chronicle And Chelsea Advertiser (from 1847)
- Winnisimmet Chronicle (from 1838)
- Winnisimmet Pioneer (from 1847)
- Published In North Scituate [Plymouth County] ...
- Scituate Light (from 189?)
- Scituate Mirror (from 1979)
- Continue List (1 more) ...
- Published In Rockland [Plymouth County] ...
- Abington Standard (from 19??)
- Rockland Independent (from 1884)
- Rockland Standard Rockland Independent (from 1934)
- The Rockland Standard And Plymouth County Advertiser (from 1874)
- The Rockland Standard (from 1976)
- The Standard (from 19??)
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- Rock Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2623, Longitude: -70.9620 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |