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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Anton 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Anton. In addition, the list contains another 51 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Anton. In total, we've identified 53 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Anton.

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 Anton.  

Newspapers Published In Anton ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Anton:

  • Anton News (from 1925)
  • The Star (from 1960)
    • Years of publication:  1960 to ????
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Star
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090639
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15132359

Newspapers Neighboring Anton ...

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

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

  • Published In Littlefield [Lamb County] ...
  • Published In Shallowater [Lubbock County] ...
  • Published In Abernathy [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Levelland  ...
  • Published In Wolfforth [Lubbock County] ...
  • Published In Lubbock [Lubbock County] ...
    • We know of 43 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lubbock. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lubbock
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Anton. This extended list includes all the papers from Lubbock. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Anton
  • Published In Hale Center [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Hale City [Hale County] ...
    • Hale Globe (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 Hale Globe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86089124
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14337948
  • Published In Olton [Lamb County] ...
  • Published In Sudan [Lamb County] ...
    • Sudan Beacon News (from 19??)
    • The Sudan News (from 1924)
  • Published In Idalou [Lubbock County] ...
    • The Idalou Beacon (from 1951)
    • The Idalou Echo (from 1925)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8113, Longitude: -102.1621       In this case, the coordinates for Anton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).