Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 16 newspapers that have been published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Wightmans Corner. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times (from 1892)
- Published in Arctic [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 1892 to 1987
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064132
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26083502
Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner (from 1876)
- Published in Phenix [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 1876 to 1906
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83021593
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10252536
Rhode-Island Advocate (from 1831)
- Published in Kingston [Washington County]
- 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
South County Chronicle (from 1893)
- Published in West Kingston [Washington County]
- 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
The Phenix Weekly Journal (from 1860)
- Published in Phenix [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 1860 to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Phenix Weekly Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064130
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26083215
The Prudence Island Beacon (from 1926)
- Published in Homestead [Newport County]
- 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
The Rhode Island Telephone & Genealogical And Historical Repository (from 1883)
- Published in Wickford [Washington County]
- 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)
- Published in Wickford [Washington County]
- 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 Weekly Standard (from 189?)
- Published in Arctic [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 189? to 1898
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weekly Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064128
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26083054
The Wickford Standard (from 1914)
- Published in Wickford [Washington County]
- 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
Village Journal (from 186?)
- Published in Phenix [Kent County]
- Published during 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Village Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064129
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26082899
Warwick Beacon (from 1953)
- Published in Warwick [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 1953 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Warwick Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064137
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26109211
Warwick City Herald (from 1932)
- Published in Apponaug [Kent County]
- Years of publication: 1932 to 193?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Warwick City Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064139
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26109326
Warwick City Times (from 1932)
- Published in Warwick [Kent County]
- Published during 1932
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Warwick City Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92064138
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26109264
Washington County Advocate (from 183?)
- Published in Wickford [Washington County]
- 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)
- Published in Wickford [Washington County]
- 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

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 drawn 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).