Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wrightsville Beach 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 Wrightsville Beach. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Wrightsville Beach. Our list contains 101 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Wrightsville Beach.

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 Wrightsville Beach.

Newspapers Neighboring Wrightsville Beach ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Wrightsville Beach.

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

Published In Wilmington ...
- 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Wrightsville Beach. 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 Wrightsville Beach
Published In Carolina Beach ...
- Island Gazette (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Island Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95001980
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32986519
Published In Southport [Brunswick County] ...
- Southport Herald (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southport Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068767
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24986251
- Southport Standard (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southport Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068766
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24986234
- The Southport Leader (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southport Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91068768
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24986209
- The State Port Pilot (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The State Port Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91066522
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13277473
Published In Burgaw [Pender County] ...
- Pender-Topsail Post & Voice (from 2012)
  - Years of publication: 2012 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pender-Topsail Post & Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2012203385
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 805227918
- The Burgaw Herald (from 1889)
  - The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Burgaw Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058810
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39296403
- The Pender Chronicle (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pender Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94058216
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13247075
- The Pender County News (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pender County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98058891
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40856223
- The Pender Post (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pender Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93064788
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28598394

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wrightsville Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wrightsville Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2115, Longitude: -77.7965 In this case, the coordinates for Wrightsville Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).