Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 5 newspapers that have been published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> of Big John. The list has been sorted by paper name.

The Delta News (from 19??)
- Published in Elsa [Hidalgo County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Delta News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083719
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18077811
The Donna News (from 19??)
- Published in Donna [Hidalgo County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Donna News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083686
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18057203
The Edcouch Enterprise (from 1927)
- Published in Edcouch [Hidalgo County]
- Years of publication: 1927 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Edcouch Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083831
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18145837
The Weslaco Mid-valley News (from 1968)
- Published in Weslaco [Hidalgo County]
- Years of publication: 1968 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weslaco Mid-valley News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083706
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18066525
The Weslaco News (from 1920)
- Published in Weslaco [Hidalgo County]
- Years of publication: 1920 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Weslaco News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090425
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14954108

Footnotes ...

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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- 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).