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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Westport 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 Westport. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Westport. Our list contains 81 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Westport.

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 Westport.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Westport ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Westport.

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

  • Published In Dartmouth  ...
  • Published In Fall River  ...
    • We know of 69 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fall River. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fall River
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Westport. This extended list includes all the papers from Fall River. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westport.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In New Bedford  ...
    • 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Westport. 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 Westport.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Fairhaven  ...
    • 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 Homestead [Newport County] ...
  • Published In Newport [Newport County] ...
    • We know of 57 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Newport. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Newport
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Westport. This extended list includes all the papers from Newport. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westport.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Assonet  ...
  • Published In Warren [Bristol County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Westport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5834, Longitude: -71.0828       In this case, the coordinates for Westport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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