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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Avoca 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Avoca. In addition, the list contains another 35 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Avoca. In total, we've identified 36 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Avoca.

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 Avoca.  

Newspapers Published In Avoca ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Avoca area:

  • The Avoca Telegram (from 1908)

Newspapers Neighboring Avoca ...

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

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

  • Published In Stamford [Haskell County] ...
  • Published In Anson  ...
  • Published In Radium  ...
  • Published In Hawley  ...
  • Published In Haskell [Haskell County] ...
  • Published In Rule [Haskell County] ...
    • The Rule Review (from 1906)
  • Published In Albany [Shackelford County] ...
    • 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
  • Published In Abilene [Taylor County] ...
    • We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Abilene. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Abilene
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Avoca. This extended list includes all the papers from Abilene. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Avoca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avoca) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avoca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8659, Longitude: -99.7159