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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wayne 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wayne. In addition, the list contains another 61 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wayne. In total, we've identified 63 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Wayne.

Newspapers Published In Wayne ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Wayne:

  • The Wayne News (from 1886)
  • Wayne County News (from 1919)

Newspapers Neighboring Wayne ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Wayne.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Wayne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2243, Longitude: -82.4414       In this case, the coordinates for Wayne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).