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:
- Hall's Wilmington Gazette (from 1797)
- Morning Star (from 1990)
- Neighborhood News (from 1920)
- North-Carolina Gazette ; And Wilmington Weekly Post-boy (from 1764)
- Our Rights (from 18??)
- Saturday Record (from 1915)
- Star-News (from 2003)
- The Cape Fear Herald (from 1802)
- The Cape Fear Journal (from 19??)
- The Cape Fear (from 1876)
- The Cape-Fear Mercury (from 1769)
- The Cape-Fear Recorder (from 1816)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- The Carolina Farmer And Morning Star (from 1869)
- The Carolina Farmer (from 1923)
- The Challenger (from 1988)
- The Coastal Carolinian (from 19??)
- The Commercial (from 1846)
- The Daily Dispatch (from 1865)
- The Daily Herald (from 1854)
- The Daily Journal (from 1851)
- The Daily Record (from 189?)
- The Daily Record (from 189?)
- The Daily Review (from 1876)
- The Daily Wilmington Herald (from 1865)
- The Daily Wilmington Herald (from 1865)
- The Dispatch (from 1866)
- The Evening Dispatch (from 1895)
- The Evening Post (from 1872)
- The Evening Review (from 1875)
- The Evening Star (from 1867)
- The Herald Of The Union (from 1865)
- The Herald Of The Union (from 1865)
- The Independent (from 1905)
- The Journal (from 1994)
- The Liberalist, And Wilmington Reporter (from 182?)
- The Morning Star (from 1867)
- The Morning Star (from 1867)
- The New Era (from 1896)
- The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91099165
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24606950
- The New South (from 1882)
- The News-Dispatch (from 1895)
- The North Carolina Shipbuilder (from 1942)
- The North-Carolina Gazette (from 1765)
- The People's Press, And Wilmington Advertiser (from 1833)
- The People's Press (from 1833)
- The Post (from 1869)
- The Post (from 187?)
- The Recorder (from 18??)
- The Seahawk (from 1948)
- The Semi-Weekly Messenger (from 1897)
- The Semi-Weekly Messenger (from 1897)
- The Sunday Morning Mail (from 1884)
- The Tri-Weekly Commercial (from 1850)
- The True Republican, Or American Whig (from 1809)
- The Union Labor Record, And The Carolina Farmer (from 19??)
- The Union Labor Record (from 192?)
- The Weekly Messenger (from 189?)
- The Weekly Post (from 1872)
- The Weekly Star (from 1871)
- The Wilmington Centinel, And General Advertiser (from 1788)
- The Wilmington Chronicle: And North-Carolina Weekly Advertiser (from 1795)
- The Wilmington Chronicle: North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (from 1795)
- The Wilmington Daily Herald (from 1861)
- The Wilmington Democrat (from 1877)
- The Wilmington Dispatch (from 1916)
- The Wilmington Gazette (from 1799)
- The Wilmington Herald (from 1865)
- The Wilmington Herald (from 1865)
- The Wilmington Herald (from 1851)
- The Wilmington Journal (from 1945)
- The Wilmington Journal (from 1996)
- The Wilmington Messenger (from 189?)
- The Wilmington Messenger (from 1887)
- The Wilmington Morning Star (from 1909)
- The Wilmington Morning Star (from 1909)
- The Wilmington News (from 1929)
- The Wilmington Post (from 1867)
- The Wilmington Post (from 1875)
- The Wilmington Semi-Weekly Post (from 1868)
- The Wilmington Sun (from 187?)
- Weekly Commercial (from 1847)
- Wilmington Advertiser, And Merchants' And Farmers' Gazette (from 1832)
- Wilmington Advertiser (from 1836)
- Wilmington Chronicle (from 1841)
- Wilmington Daily Dispatch (from 1867)
- Wilmington Daily Post (from 1867)
- Wilmington Gazette, Commercial And Political (from 1815)
- Wilmington Journal (from 1844)
- Wilmington Journal (from 1844)
- Wilmington Post (from 1869)
- Wilmington Record (from 189?)
- Wilmington Weekly Chronicle (from 1839)
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] ...
- Southport Herald (from 1905)
- Southport Standard (from 1897)
- The Southport Leader (from 1890)
- The State Port Pilot (from 1928)
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 |