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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Washington Heights 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 Washington Heights. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Washington Heights. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Washington Heights.

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 Washington Heights.  

Newspapers Neighboring Washington Heights ...

The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 km] of Washington Heights.

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

  • Published In Jonesborough  ...
    • Herald And Tribune (from 1869)
    • The Union Flag (from 1865)
  • Published In Johnson City  ...
    • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Johnson City. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Johnson City
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Washington Heights. This extended list includes all the papers from Johnson City. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Washington Heights

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- Washington Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3057, Longitude: -82.4249       In this case, the coordinates for Washington Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).