Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbus.
Our newspaper information for Columbus 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Columbus. In addition, the list contains another 61 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Columbus. In total, we've identified 67 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Columbus.
Newspapers Published In Columbus ...
We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Columbus:
- Columbus Banner Press (from 1985)
- The Banner Press Newspaper (from 19??)
- The Colorado Citizen (from 1857)
- The Colorado County Citizen (from 1927)
- The Columbus Times (from 1867)
- The Columbus Weekly Times (from 1867)
Newspapers Neighboring Columbus ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Columbus.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Columbus.
- Published In New Ulm [Austin County] ...
- New Ulm Enterprise (from 1910)
- Published In Weimar ...
- The Daily Tribune (from 1898)
- The Weimar Daily Gimlet (from 1887)
- The Weimar Daily Informer (from 18??)
- The Weimar Mercury (from 1886)
- Weimar Gimlet (from 1885)
- Published In Fayetteville [Fayette County] ...
- Fayetteville News (from 19??)
- The Fayetteville Fact (from 1910)
- Published In Garwood ...
- Garwood Express (from 19??)
- Published In Schulenburg [Fayette County] ...
- Texas Volksfreund (from 19??)
- The Schulenburg Argus (from 1877)
- The Schulenburg Sticker (from 1899)
- The Sticker (from 1893)
- Published In La Grange [Fayette County] ...
- Fayette County Democrat (from 18??)
- Fayette County Record (from 1910)
- La Grange Deutsche Zeitung (from 1890)
- La Grange Intelligencer (from 1844)
- La-Grange Paper (from 1855)
- The first year of publication was in 1855, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the La-Grange Paper
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088875
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14206385
- Our County Record (from 1873)
- Slovan (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 Slovan
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089965
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14634581
- The Far West (from 1847)
- The Fayette County New Era (from 1872)
- The Fayette County Record (from 1873)
- The Fayette County Record (from 1922)
- The La Grange Journal (from 1880)
- The LaGrange New Era (from 1865)
- The Patriot (from 1863)
- The State Rights Democrat (from 1860)
- The Texas Monument (from 1850)
- The True Issue (from 1855)
- Published In Sealy [Austin County] ...
- Sealy Weekly News
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Sealy Weekly News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090725
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16677159
- The Sealy Chronicle (from 1887)
- The Sealy News (from 19??)
- The Sealy News (from 1915)
- The Sealy Semi-Weekly News (from 1914)
- Published In Bellville [Austin County] ...
- Bellville Beacon (from 18??)
- Bellville Wochenblatt (from 1891)
- The Austin County Times (from 1879)
- The Bellville Countryman (from 1860)
- The Bellville Standard (from 1882)
- The Bellville Times (from 1894)
- The Texas Weekly Countryman (from 18??)
- The Times-Standard (from 1892)
- Published In Hallettsville [Lavaca County] ...
- Farmers' League Gazette (from 1940)
- Habt Acht (from 1913)
- Halletsville Herald (from 1872)
- Hallettsville Semi-Weekly New Era-Herald (from 1930)
- Herald And Planter (from 1872)
- Lavaca County Nachrichten (from 1895)
- New Era-Herald (from 194?)
- Obzor (from 1891)
- Years of publication: 1891 to 1914
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Obzor
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84024135
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10542362
- Semi-Weekly Halletsville Herald (from 1918)
- Semi-Weekly New Era (from 1913)
- The Hallettsville New Era (from 1889)
- The Lavaca County Tribune-New Era Herald (from 1969)
- The Lavaca County Tribune (from 1940)
- The Lone Star (from 1860)
- The Rebel (from 1911)
- The Rebel (from 1911)
- The Tribune (from 19??)
- Published In Wallis [Austin County] ...
- Wallis News-Review (from 1974)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Columbus: www.columbustexas.net/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Columbus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7064, Longitude: -96.5469 |