Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Narragansett 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 Narragansett Beach. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Narragansett Beach. Our list contains 69 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Narragansett 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 Narragansett Beach.

Newspapers Neighboring Narragansett Beach ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Narragansett Beach.

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

Published In Wakefield ...
- Narragansett Times And Washington County Advertiser (from 1864)
  - Years of publication: 1864 to 1889
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Narragansett Times And Washington County Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021538
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10238505
- Narragansett Times (from 1855)
  - Years of publication: 1855 to 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Narragansett Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064053
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25855445
- Narragansett Times (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 1864
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Narragansett Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021537
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10238459
- Narragansett Times (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Narragansett Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85042629
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12736501
- South County Journal (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 1859
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021536
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10238359
- The Wakefield Advertiser (from 1851)
  - Years of publication: 1851 to 185?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wakefield Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064077
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25855377
Published In Kingston ...
- Rhode-Island Advocate (from 1831)
  - Years of publication: 1831 to 183?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rhode-Island Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021118
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9820741
Published In West Kingston ...
- South County Chronicle (from 1893)
  - Years of publication: 1893 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the South County Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064054
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25855889
Published In Newport [Newport County] ...
- 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Narragansett Beach. 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 Narragansett Beach
Published In Shannock ...
- Shannock Weekly Sentinel (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Shannock Weekly Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064234
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27097850
Published In Wickford ...
- The Rhode Island Telephone & Genealogical And Historical Repository (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rhode Island Telephone & Genealogical And Historical Repository
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064075
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25879795
- The Standard (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064067
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25856384
- The Wickford Standard (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wickford Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25856450
- Washington County Advocate (from 183?)
  - Published during 183?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Washington County Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85054370
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11876076
- Wickford Standard (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1890
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wickford Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92064066
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25856304
Published In Homestead [Newport County] ...
- The Prudence Island Beacon (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Prudence Island Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91070622
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24981128
Published In Hope Valley ...
- Hope Valley Advertiser (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1883
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hope Valley Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92063981
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25363385
- Hope Valley Advertiser (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hope Valley Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92063984
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25363674
- Hope Valley Free Press (from 189?)
  - Years of publication: 189? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hope Valley Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92063987
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25363265
- Sentinel And Advertiser (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sentinel And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85038101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11728559
- Wood River Advertiser (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wood River Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83021114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9820216

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Narragansett Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Narragansett Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4373, Longitude: -71.4512 In this case, the coordinates for Narragansett Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).