Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Illinois Heights 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 Illinois Heights. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Illinois Heights. Our list contains 64 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Illinois Heights.

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 Illinois Heights.

Newspapers Neighboring Illinois Heights ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Illinois Heights.

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

Published In Brownsville ...
- We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Brownsville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Brownsville
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Illinois Heights. This extended list includes all the papers from Brownsville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Illinois Heights
Published In Port Isabel ...
- Port Isabel Press (from 1949)
  - Years of publication: 1949 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Isabel Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089999
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14634001
- Port Isabel South Padre Island Press (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Isabel South Padre Island Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083814
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13363610
Published In San Benito ...
- News-Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1946
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the News-Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083789
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18114988
- San Benito Daily Light (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the San Benito Daily Light
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083712
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18075865
- San Benito Light (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the San Benito Light
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14758758
- The San Benito News (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The San Benito News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090258
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868547
- The Valley Farmer (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86064237
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13685109
Published In Harlingen ...
- Harlingen Press (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Harlingen Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083694
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18062181
- The Harlingen Star (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Harlingen Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86064212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13696205
- Valley Morning Star (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Valley Morning Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089647
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13042873

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Illinois Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Illinois Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.9373, Longitude: -97.4153 In this case, the coordinates for Illinois Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).