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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Providence 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 363 papers that were published in the immediate area of Providence. In addition, the list contains another 79 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Providence. In total, we've identified 442 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Providence.

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 Providence.  

Newspapers Published In Providence ...

We know of 363 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Providence:

Newspapers Neighboring Providence ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Providence.

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

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- Providence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8241, Longitude: -71.4134