Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 4 newspapers that have been published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of El Refugio. The list has been sorted by paper name.

El Fronterizo (from 1921)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the El Fronterizo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089954
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687876
El Voluntario (from 1892)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 1892 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the El Voluntario
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089964
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687866
Rio Grande Herald (from 19??)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rio Grande Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089957
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687904
The Herald (from 19??)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083795
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18117088

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- El Refugio) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in El Refugio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.3403, Longitude: -98.7559 In this case, the coordinates for El Refugio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).