Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Roswell 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 25 papers that were published in the immediate area of Roswell. In addition, the list contains another 9 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Roswell. In total, we've identified 34 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Roswell.

Newspapers Published In Roswell ...

We know of 25 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Roswell:

Chaves County Herald (from 1890)
- The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chaves County Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090979
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15306907
Chaves County News Week (from 1968)
- Years of publication: 1968 to 196?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chaves County News Week
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93061458
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28644102
Pecos Valley Register (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Pecos Valley Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090978
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15306717
Roswell Morning Dispatch (from 1928)
- Years of publication: 1928 to 1950
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Roswell Morning Dispatch
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93061657
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15361939
Roswell Morning News (from 1911)
- Years of publication: 1911 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Roswell Morning News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93061766
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28653736
Roswell Record (from 1891)
- Years of publication: 1891 to 191?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Roswell Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93061602
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27542373
The Baptist Bulletin Of New Mexico (from 1910)
- Years of publication: 1910 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Baptist Bulletin Of New Mexico
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95070513
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32345895
The Baptist Workman (from 1905)
- Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Baptist Workman
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95070511
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32345855
The Community Standard (from 192?)
- Years of publication: 192? to 1926
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Community Standard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93061658
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28297805
The Pecos Valley Pioneer (from 1925)
- Years of publication: 1925 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pecos Valley Pioneer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92070588
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26952064
The Pecos Valley Stockman (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1902
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Pecos Valley Stockman
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92070590
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26949621
The Prowl (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Prowl
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94056840
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29950000
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- The Roswell Daily Record (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Daily Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015218753
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 427420996
- The Roswell Daily Record (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to current
  - Issues available online: 2092
  - Scanned issues: September 1, 1903 to June 30, 1910
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Roswell Daily Record
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86063823
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13454297
  - ISSN Number: 2379-0210
- The Roswell Evening News (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Evening News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063822
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13454312
- The Roswell Morning News And Register-Tribune (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Morning News And Register-Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061767
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28653756
- The Roswell Morning News (from 1914)
  - Published during 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Morning News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061768
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28653780
- The Roswell Morning Record (from 1903)
  - Published during 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Morning Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061661
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28297902
- The Roswell Register-Tribune (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Register-Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93048454
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28653659
- The Roswell Register (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090932
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15273384
- The Roswell Tribune (from 1906)
  - Published during 1906
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Roswell Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061452
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28399056
- The Southwestern Dispatch (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southwestern Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084026
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18330078
- The Sunday Star (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sunday Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061660
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28297797
- The Weekly Pilot (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Pilot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061525
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28196253
- The Weekly Star (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061474
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27194663

Newspapers Neighboring Roswell ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Roswell.

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

Published In Dexter ...
- Free Word (from 194?)
  - Published during 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Free Word
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87080605
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15176656
- The Dexter Developer (from 191?)
  - Published during 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dexter Developer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94056990
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29857964
- The Dexter Index (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dexter Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061524
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28196211
- The Dexter Tribune (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dexter Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92070726
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26868909
Published In Hagerman ...
- Star Tribune (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Star Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92070731
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26868870
- The Hagerman Star (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hagerman Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92070717
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26868866
- The Messenger (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063588
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13420279
- Valley Vistas (from 1984)
  - Published during 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Valley Vistas
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061677
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28347960
Published In Lake Arthur ...
- The Lake Arthur Times (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lake Arthur Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93061451
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28399032

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Roswell: www.roswell-nm.gov/

The official website for Chaves County: www.co.chaves.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roswell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roswell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3943, Longitude: -104.5227