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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Abilene 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 34 papers that were published in the immediate area of Abilene. In addition, the list contains another 106 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Abilene. In total, we've identified 140 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Abilene.

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 Abilene.  

Newspapers Published In Abilene ...

We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Abilene:

Newspapers Neighboring Abilene ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Abilene.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Abilene) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abilene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9205, Longitude: -97.2139