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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Willis 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 Willis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Willis. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Willis.

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 Willis.  

Newspapers Neighboring Willis ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Willis.

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

  • Published In Lebanon  ...
  • Published In Cleveland  ...
  • Published In Honaker  ...
    • Honaker Herald (from 1909)
    • The Honaker Press (from 1950)
    • The Honaker Times (from 1991)
  • Published In Abingdon [Washington County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Abingdon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Abingdon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Willis. This extended list includes all the papers from Abingdon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Willis
  • Published In Henderson [Washington County] ...
    • Westminster (from 19??)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Willis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8684, Longitude: -82.1140       In this case, the coordinates for Willis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).