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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wilmington 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 91 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wilmington. In addition, the list contains another 5 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wilmington. In total, we've identified 96 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Wilmington.

Newspapers Published In Wilmington ...

We know of 91 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Wilmington:

Newspapers Neighboring Wilmington ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Wilmington.

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

  • Published In Carolina Beach  ...
    • Island Gazette (from 1978)
  • Published In Southport [Brunswick County] ...

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- Wilmington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilmington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2105, Longitude: -77.8868