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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Big John is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big John. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Big John. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Big John.

Newspapers Neighboring Big John ...

The following newspapers were published within 7 miles [11.3 km] of Big John.

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

  • Published In Elsa  ...
    • The Delta News (from 19??)
  • Published In Edcouch  ...
  • Published In Donna  ...
    • The Donna News (from 19??)
  • Published In Weslaco  ...

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- Big John) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big John. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.2615, Longitude: -98.0072       In this case, the coordinates for Big John have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).