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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Dolores 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 Dolores. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Dolores. Our list contains 34 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Dolores.

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 Dolores.  

Newspapers Neighboring Dolores ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Dolores.

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

  • Published In Laredo [Webb County] ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Laredo. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Laredo
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Dolores. This extended list includes all the papers from Laredo. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Dolores
  • Published In San Ygnacio  ...
    • El Democrata (from 1915)
  • Published In Zapata  ...
    • Zapata County News (from 19??)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dolores) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dolores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2753, Longitude: -99.4184       In this case, the coordinates for Dolores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).