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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Big Wells 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 Wells. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Big Wells. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Big Wells.

Newspapers Neighboring Big Wells ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Big Wells.

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

  • Published In Asherton  ...
  • Published In Carrizo Springs  ...
    • South Texas Star (from 19??)
    • The Javelin (from 1889)
    • The Mini-News (from 19??)
  • Published In Crystal City [Zavala County] ...
  • Published In Cotulla [La Salle County] ...
    • La Salle's Isonomy (from 18??)
    • The Cotulla Record
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Cotulla Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88083547
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17973185
    • The Cotulla Times (from 188?)
  • Published In Dilley [Frio County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Big Wells) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Wells. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5699, Longitude: -99.5702       In this case, the coordinates for Big Wells have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).