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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wakefield 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wakefield. In addition, the list contains another 100 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wakefield. In total, we've identified 102 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Wakefield.

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 Wakefield.  

Newspapers Published In Wakefield ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Wakefield:

Newspapers Neighboring Wakefield ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Wakefield.

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

  • Published In Wayne [Wayne County] ...
  • Published In Allen  ...
    • The Allen News (from 18??)
    • The Allen News (from 18??)
  • Published In Dixon  ...
    • The Dixon Index (from 1891)
    • The Dixon Journal (from 1917)
  • Published In Pender [Thurston County] ...
  • Published In Waterbury  ...
    • The Criterion (from 190?)
  • Published In Laurel [Cedar County] ...
    • The Laurel Advocate (from 1893)
    • The Laurel Advocate (from 1893)
  • Published In Carroll [Wayne County] ...
  • Published In Winside [Wayne County] ...
    • Winside Watchman (from 1889)
  • Published In Belden [Cedar County] ...
    • The Belden Progress
  • Published In Homer [Dakota County] ...
    • Homer Herald (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Homer Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95073340
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 33852195
    • The Homer Free Press (from 1906)
    • The Homer Patriot (from 1895)
    • The Homer Star (from 1910)
  • Published In Jackson [Dakota County] ...
  • Published In Wisner [Cuming County] ...
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wakefield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wakefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2671, Longitude: -96.8681