Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Wickford.
Our newspaper information for Wickford 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wickford. In addition, the list contains another 68 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wickford. In total, we've identified 73 papers within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Wickford.
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 Wickford.
Newspapers Published In Wickford ...
We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Wickford:
- The Rhode Island Telephone & Genealogical And Historical Repository (from 1883)
- The Standard (from 1890)
- The Wickford Standard (from 1914)
- Washington County Advocate (from 183?)
- Wickford Standard (from 1888)
Newspapers Neighboring Wickford ...
The following newspapers were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Wickford.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Wickford.
- Published In Kingston ...
- Rhode-Island Advocate (from 1831)
- Published In West Kingston ...
- South County Chronicle (from 1893)
- Published In Apponaug [Kent County] ...
- Warwick City Herald (from 1932)
- Published In Homestead [Newport County] ...
- The Prudence Island Beacon (from 1926)
- Published In Arctic [Kent County] ...
- Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times (from 1892)
- The Weekly Standard (from 189?)
- 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Wickford. 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 Wickford
- Published In Wakefield ...
- Narragansett Times And Washington County Advertiser (from 1864)
- Narragansett Times (from 1855)
- Narragansett Times (from 1859)
- Narragansett Times (from 1889)
- South County Journal (from 1858)
- The Wakefield Advertiser (from 1851)
- Published In Warwick [Kent County] ...
- Warwick Beacon (from 1953)
- Warwick City Times (from 1932)
- Published In Phenix [Kent County] ...
- Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner (from 1876)
- The Phenix Weekly Journal (from 1860)
- Village Journal (from 186?)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wickford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wickford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5739, Longitude: -71.4617 In this case, the coordinates for Wickford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |