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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Austin 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Austin. In addition, the list contains another 62 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Austin. In total, we've identified 66 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Austin.

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 Austin.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Austin ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Austin:

  • Scott County Argus (from 1859)
  • Scott County Journal (from 1863)
  • The Austin News (from 1869)
  • The News (from 1983)
    • Years of publication:  1983 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85047925
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12090491

Newspapers Neighboring Austin ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Austin.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Austin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Austin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7449, Longitude: -85.8062