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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for High Point 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 High Point. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding High Point. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> of High Point.

Newspapers Neighboring High Point ...

The following newspapers were published within 6 miles [9.7 km] of High Point.

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

  • Published In Donna  ...
    • The Donna News (from 19??)
  • Published In Weslaco  ...
  • Published In Mercedes  ...
    • La Verdad (from 1977)
      • Years of publication:  1977 to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the La Verdad
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88083721
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18078051
    • Mercedes Enterprise (from 1908)
    • Mercedes News-Tribune (from 1929)
    • Mercedes Tribune (from 1914)
    • News-Tribune (from 19??)
    • The Enterprise (from 19??)
    • The Mercedes Enterprise (from 1956)
    • The Mercedes News (from 1923)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- High Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in High Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1804, Longitude: -98.0164       In this case, the coordinates for High Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).