Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Francis 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 Francis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Francis. Our list contains 39 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Francis.

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 Francis.

Newspapers Neighboring Francis ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Francis.

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

Published In Orange ...
- Opportunity Valley News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Opportunity Valley News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090942
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16820892
- Orange Daily Tribune (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Orange Daily Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089851
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14555550
- Southeast Texas Journal (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southeast Texas Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090954
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16826906
- The Daily Leader (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084269
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18607099
- The Orange Daily Leader (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orange Daily Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86064230
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13696194
- The Orange Leader And Weekly Tribune (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1901
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orange Leader And Weekly Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089038
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14555045
- The Orange Leader (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orange Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85004909
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11615684
- The Orange Leader (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orange Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090520
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14555099
- The Orange Leader (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Orange Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084262
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18563399
- The Weekly Tribune (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089876
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14564096
Published In Bridge City ...
- Bi-City Banner (from 195?)
  - Years of publication: 195? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bi-City Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083317
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17525276
Published In Vidor ...
- The Vidor Vidorian (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Vidor Vidorian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083309
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17512370
- The Vidorian (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Vidorian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083308
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17512251
Published In Port Neches [Jefferson County] ...
- Port Neches Chronicle (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Neches Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083312
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17512709
- The Chronicle (from 1932)
  - Years of publication: 1932 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17374311
- The Peoples Press (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Peoples Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083318
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17525357
Published In Nederland [Jefferson County] ...
- The Midcounty Review (from 1948)
  - Years of publication: 1948 to 197?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Midcounty Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090140
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14713190
- The Nederland News (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Nederland News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090321
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15797668
Published In Port Arthur [Jefferson County] ...
- Community Post (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Community Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86011386
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14095919
- Port Arthur Daily Herald (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Arthur Daily Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091262
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17207455
- Port Arthur Daily News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Arthur Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86064233
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13695334
- Port Arthur News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Arthur News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090399
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14962266
- The Evening News (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091263
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17207798
- The Labor Forum (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Labor Forum
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090199
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14708160
- The News (from 1973)
  - Years of publication: 1973 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090732
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16677909
- The Port Arthur Herald (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Port Arthur Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090342
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11449091
- The Port Arthur News (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Port Arthur News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86010491
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11449089
- The Port Arthur Record (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Port Arthur Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091261
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17207368
Published In Beaumont [Jefferson County] ...
- We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Beaumont. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Beaumont
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Francis. This extended list includes all the papers from Beaumont. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Francis
Published In Sabine Pass [Jefferson County] ...
- The Sabine Pass Beacon (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 1872
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sabine Pass Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033447
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11973792
- The Sabine Pass News (from 1897)
  - Years of publication: 1897 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sabine Pass News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86063755
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13696197
Published In Sulphur [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- Southwest Builder (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southwest Builder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064425
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17956158
- Southwest Daily News (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Southwest Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059396
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20537500
- The Calcasieu Progress (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Calcasieu Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064363
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17855728
- The Southwest Builder Southwest Daily News (from 1987)
  - Years of publication: 1987 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southwest Builder Southwest Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064424
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17956166
- The Southwest Star (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1973
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southwest Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064407
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17941397
Published In Buna [Jasper County] ...
- The East Texas News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The East Texas News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083908
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18204201
Published In Lumberton [Hardin County] ...
- Hardin County News (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hardin County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083011
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17358557
- Lumberton News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lumberton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083066
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17387841
Published In Maplewood [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- The Maplewood-Star (from 1944)
  - Years of publication: 1944 to 1953
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Maplewood-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064406
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17941382
Published In Silsbee [Hardin County] ...
- The Silsbee Bee (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Silsbee Bee
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090205
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11615661
- The Silsbee Signal (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Silsbee Signal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090383
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16015492

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Francis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Francis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Francis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0897, Longitude: -93.7766 In this case, the coordinates for Francis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).