Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fort Davis 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Davis. In addition, the list contains another 20 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fort Davis. In total, we've identified 25 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Fort Davis.

Newspapers Published In Fort Davis ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Fort Davis:

Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch (from 1990)
- Years of publication: 1990 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94059112
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30116251
Jeff Davis County News (from 1986)
- Years of publication: 1986 to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Jeff Davis County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090200
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15221937
The Fort Davis Dispatch (from 1931)
- Years of publication: 1931 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Fort Davis Dispatch
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090209
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15673419
The Fort Davis Post (from 1911)
- Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Fort Davis Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090216
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15680397
The Presidio County News (from 1885)
- The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Presidio County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93068238
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28281879

Newspapers Neighboring Fort Davis ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Fort Davis.

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

Published In Alpine [Brewster County] ...
- Alpine Avalanche (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Alpine Avalanche
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063736
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 5026564
- Sul Ross Skyline (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sul Ross Skyline
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090146
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13529860
- The Alpine Guide (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alpine Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090622
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16515579
- The Alpine Industrial News (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alpine Industrial News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090621
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16515502
- The Alpine Review (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alpine Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083798
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18117414
- The Alpine Times (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alpine Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86088251
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13882358
- The Desert-Mountain Times (from 200?)
  - Years of publication: 200? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Desert-Mountain Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2005213648
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 60338960
Published In Marfa [Presidio County] ...
- La Voz De Marfa (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the La Voz De Marfa
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089008
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14208823
- Marfa Town Talk (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Marfa Town Talk
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15523524
- Marfacts (from 1943)
  - Years of publication: 1943 to 1945
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Marfacts
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090786
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15096966
- The Big Bend Sentinel (and The Marfa New Era) (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 1933
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Big Bend Sentinel (and The Marfa New Era)
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86088998
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14227778
- The Big Bend Sentinel (and The New Era) (from 1933)
  - Years of publication: 1933 to 1939
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Big Bend Sentinel (and The New Era)
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86088999
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14227694
- The Big Bend Sentinel The Marfa Independent (from 1992)
  - Years of publication: 1992 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Big Bend Sentinel The Marfa Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94001212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30396874
- The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Big Bend Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86088828
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14198167
- The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Big Bend Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089000
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14227886
- The Marfa Independent And The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 1992
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marfa Independent And The Big Bend Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15528384
- The Marfa Independent (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marfa Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090102
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15523729
- The Marfa Star (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marfa Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93068226
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27972785
- The New Era (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14202679
- The Saber (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Saber
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090800
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14764835

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Fort Davis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Davis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5890, Longitude: -103.8956