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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Kingston 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Kingston. In addition, the list contains another 57 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Kingston. In total, we've identified 58 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Kingston.

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 West Kingston.  

Newspapers Published In West Kingston ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West Kingston area:

Newspapers Neighboring West Kingston ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of West Kingston.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- West Kingston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Kingston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4832, Longitude: -71.5515       In this case, the coordinates for West Kingston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).