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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Friendswood 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Friendswood. In addition, the list contains another 17 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Friendswood. In total, we've identified 20 papers within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Friendswood.

Newspapers Published In Friendswood ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Friendswood:

Newspapers Neighboring Friendswood ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Friendswood.

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

  • Published In Alvin [Brazoria County] ...
    • Alvin News (from 1890)
    • Gulf Coast Review (from 1929)
    • The Alvin Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Alvin Sun (from 1890)
    • The Commoner (from 1899)
    • The County News (from 19??)
  • Published In League City  ...
  • Published In Pearland [Brazoria County] ...
  • Published In Dickinson  ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Friendswood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Friendswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5109, Longitude: -95.1981       In this case, the coordinates for Friendswood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).