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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watson 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 Watson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Watson. Our list contains 18 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Watson.

Newspapers Neighboring Watson ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Watson.

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

  • Published In Marshville  ...
    • The Marshville Home
    • The Regional News (from 1970)
    • Union News And Home (from 1977)
  • Published In Monroe  ...
  • Published In Oakboro [Stanly County] ...
  • Published In Locust [Stanly County] ...
    • The Weekly Post (from 19??)
  • Published In Polkton [Anson County] ...
    • The Ansonian (from 1874)
    • The Weekly Ansonian (from 1876)

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- Watson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0749, Longitude: -80.4290       In this case, the coordinates for Watson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).