RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Shackelford County >> Albany >> Local NewspapersIndex...

Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Albany 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Albany. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Albany. In total, we've identified 32 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Albany.

Newspapers Published In Albany ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Albany:

  • The Albany Echo (from 1883)
  • The Albany News (from 1884)
  • The Albany Star (from 1882)
  • The Shackelford County Leader (from 1912)
  • The Tomahawk (from 1879)
    • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Tomahawk
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090014
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14767530

Newspapers Neighboring Albany ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Albany.

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

  • Published In Moran  ...
    • The Moran News (from 1913)
  • Published In Baird [Callahan County] ...
  • Published In Breckenridge [Stephens County] ...
  • Published In Clyde [Callahan County] ...
    • Clyde Journal (from 1974)
    • The Clyde Enterprise (from 19??)
    • The Clyde News (from 1962)
  • Published In Putnam [Callahan County] ...
    • The Putnam News (from 1936)
  • Published In Avoca [Jones County] ...
    • The Avoca Telegram (from 1908)
  • Published In Cisco [Eastland County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Albany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7261, Longitude: -99.2973