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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hitchcock 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Hitchcock. In addition, the list contains another 173 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Hitchcock. In total, we've identified 174 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hitchcock.

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 Hitchcock.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Hitchcock ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Hitchcock area:

  • The Storm Drift (from 1900)

Newspapers Neighboring Hitchcock ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hitchcock.

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

  • Published In La Marque  ...
  • Published In Dickinson  ...
  • Published In Texas City  ...
  • Published In League City  ...
  • Published In Galveston  ...
    • We know of 164 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Galveston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Galveston
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Hitchcock. This extended list includes all the papers from Galveston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Hitchcock.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • 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 Friendswood  ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hitchcock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hitchcock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3484, Longitude: -95.0161