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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wellesley 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wellesley. In addition, the list contains another 76 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wellesley. In total, we've identified 80 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Wellesley.

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 Wellesley.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Wellesley ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Wellesley:

  • The Courant (from 1885)
  • The Searcher (from 196?)
  • The Townsman (from 1906)
  • The Wellesley Courant (from 1883)

Newspapers Neighboring Wellesley ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Wellesley.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wellesley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wellesley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3131, Longitude: -71.2738