Island County, Washington Newspapers
Below is a sortable list of historical Island County, Washington Newspapers, compiled November, 2013. It provides: 1) links to online copies before 1950's; and libraries where hard copies can be found
The newspapers are listed by the area they served, so some may have been published in other counties or even out of state.
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Newspapers have increasingly come online starting in the late 1980's. See OnlineNewspapers.com, RefDesk.com, or do a Google search for Online Newspapers. |
Sortable Table
This key is a list of sites used when the list was originally compiled in November, 2013. As you find other early newspapers, please update the key as well as the sortable table.
| Code | Site name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| A.com | Ancestry.com | ($) |
| CA | Chronicling America | Select State, then County, and click Search. Click on a title, then on "Libraries that have it" |
| GB | Genealogy Bank | ($) Several types of search options |
| NA | Newspaper Archive | ($) Scroll down and click Browse by location. Under "United States," select "Washington" |
| NP.com | Newspapers.com | ($) Select Washington from dropdown list in "Location" search field |
| Own | The link is to the newspaper's own site | |
| SOS | Washington Secretary of State | |
| Town | Title of Newspaper | Years Published |
Libraries with copies | Online | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | The Whidbey Islander [microform] | 1901-19?? | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | Island County Farm Bureau news [microform] | 1920-195? | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | The Oak Harbor news [microform] | 1911-1912 | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | Oak Harbor news [microform] | 1951-1959 | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | Oak Harbor news [microform] | 1916-1920 | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | Island County Farm Bureau news [microform] | 1920-195? | CA | ||
| Coupeville | Island County times [microform] | 1891-1959 | CA | ||
| Langly | Langly islander | 1909-191? | CA | ||
| Coupeville | Island County times | 1891-1959 | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | The Oak Harbor news | 1911-1912 | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | Whidbey news-times | 1959-current | CA | ||
| Oak Harbor | The Whidbey Islander | 1948-19?? | CA | ||
| Langley | South Whidbey record | 1981-current | CA | ||
| Langley | The Whidbey Island record | 1923-1981 | CA | ||
| Langley | The Whidbey Islander | 1901-19?? | CA | ||
| Langley | United purity news | 192?-1??? | CA | ||
| Coupeville | The Coupeville courier | 1952-1958 | CA | ||
| Stanwood | Stanwood/Camano news | 1980-current | CA | ||
Sources Used
This list was first generated (October 2013) from:
- Chronicling America's "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present", accessed October 2013.
- Washington Secretary of State, accessed October 2013.
- University of Washington