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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wightmans Corner 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 Wightmans Corner. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Wightmans Corner. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Wightmans Corner.

Newspapers Neighboring Wightmans Corner ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km] of Wightmans Corner.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Wightmans Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wightmans Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6201, Longitude: -71.5359       In this case, the coordinates for Wightmans Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).