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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jamestown Shores 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 Jamestown Shores. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Jamestown Shores. Our list contains 71 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Jamestown Shores.

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 Jamestown Shores.  

Newspapers Neighboring Jamestown Shores ...

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

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

  • Published In Wickford [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Newport  ...
    • We know of 57 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Newport. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Newport
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Jamestown Shores. This extended list includes all the papers from Newport. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Jamestown Shores
  • Published In Homestead  ...
  • Published In Kingston [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Wakefield [Washington County] ...
  • Published In West Kingston [Washington County] ...
  • Published In Apponaug [Kent County] ...
  • Published In Warwick [Kent County] ...
  • Published In Arctic [Kent County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Jamestown Shores) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamestown Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5298, Longitude: -71.3892       In this case, the coordinates for Jamestown Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).