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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Houston 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Houston. In addition, the list contains another 38 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Houston. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Houston.

Newspapers Published In Houston ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Houston:

  • Chickasaw County Times (from 191?)
  • Houston Advocate (from 1907)
  • Houston Post (from 1909)
  • Houston Post (from 1904)
  • Southern Patriot (from 18??)
  • The Chickasaw Messenger (from 1872)
  • The Free South (from 1883)
  • The Houston Petrel (from 1857)
  • Times-Post (from 1913)
    • Years of publication:  1913 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Times-Post
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83004725
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10014121

Newspapers Neighboring Houston ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Houston.

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

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- Houston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Houston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8967, Longitude: -89.0001