Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Southport.
Our newspaper information for Southport 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 Southport. In addition, the list contains another 91 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Southport. In total, we've identified 95 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Southport.
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 Southport.
Newspapers Published In Southport ...
We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Southport:
- Southport Herald (from 1905)
- Southport Standard (from 1897)
- The Southport Leader (from 1890)
- The State Port Pilot (from 1928)
Newspapers Neighboring Southport ...
The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Southport.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Southport.
- Published In Fort Caswell ...
- The Battery Buzzer (from 1918)
- Published In Carolina Beach [New Hanover County] ...
- Island Gazette (from 1978)
- Published In Shallotte ...
- The Brunswick Beacon (from 19??)
- Published In Wilmington [New Hanover County] ...
- We know of 91 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wilmington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Wilmington
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Southport. This extended list includes all the papers from Wilmington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Southport
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Southport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9216, Longitude: -78.0202 |