Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Taunton.
Our newspaper information for Taunton 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 34 papers that were published in the immediate area of Taunton. In addition, the list contains another 23 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Taunton. In total, we've identified 57 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Taunton.
Newspapers Published In Taunton ...
We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Taunton:
- American Republican (from 1857)
- American Whig (from 1844)
- Beacon Of Liberty (from 1844)
- Bristol County Democrat, And Independent Gazette (from 1837)
- Bristol County Democrat (from 1847)
- Bristol County Free Democrat (from 1849)
- Bristol County Republican (from 1860)
- Bristol County Telegram (from 1858)
- Clay Whig (from 1844)
- Columbian Reporter And Old Colony Journal (from 1822)
- Commonwealth's Advocate (from 1827)
- Harrison Eagle (from 1840)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Independent Gazette (from 1832)
- Le Journal De Taunton (from 1882)
- Old Colony Reporter (from 1821)
- Old Colony Republican (from 1846)
- Old Colony Whig And Columbian Reporter (from 1833)
- Taunton Daily Gazette (from 1848)
- Taunton Herald-News (from 1901)
- Taunton Sunday Gazette (from 19??)
- Taunton Tri-Weekly Gazette (from 1833)
- Taunton True Democrat (from 1848)
- Taunton Weekly Gazette (from 1874)
- Taunton Whig (from 1838)
- Temperance Centinel (from 1834)
- The Advocate (from 182?)
- The Aurora (from 1833)
- The Free Press (from 1823)
- The Household Gazette (from 187?)
- The Sun (from 1830)
- Years of publication: 1830 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83020768
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9546289
- The Taunton Democrat (from 1850)
- The Taunton Evening News (from 1889)
- The True Democrat (from 1848)
- Union Gazette And Democrat (from 1862)
Newspapers Neighboring Taunton ...
The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Taunton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Taunton.
- Published In Assonet ...
- The Assonet Reporter And Freetown Advertiser (from 1870)
- Published In Bridgewater [Plymouth County] ...
- Bridgewater Banner (from 1862)
- Bridgewater Independent (from 187?)
- Bridgewater Republican And Old Colony Press (from 1835)
- Every Saturday (from 1876)
- The Bridgewater Advertiser (from 1903)
- The Bridgewater Townsman (from 1984)
- The Bridgewater Townsman (from 1992)
- Published In Middleborough [Plymouth County] ...
- Middleboro Gazette (from 1857)
- Namasket Gazette (from 1852)
- The Middleborough Gazette, And Old Colony Advertiser (from 1859)
- The Nemasket River Journal (from 1977)
- Villager-Journal (from 1978)
- Published In Attleboro ...
- Attleboro Advocate And Bristol County Advertiser (from 1875)
- Attleboro Chronicle (from 1871)
- Speak Easy (from 19??)
- The Attleboro Advocate (from 187?)
- The Attleboro Sun (from 1889)
- Published In East Bridgewater [Plymouth County] ...
- East Bridgewater News (from 1864)
- Log Cabin Patriot (from 1840)
- The Guide (from 1883)
- The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Guide
- Holdings for: LCCN 2013257158
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 864036629
- Published In Mansfield ...
- Mansfield News (from 1873)
- The Mansfield News (from 1973)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Taunton: www.ci.taunton.ma.us/
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- Taunton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taunton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9016, Longitude: -71.0926 |