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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lockney 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lockney. In addition, the list contains another 25 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lockney. In total, we've identified 27 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lockney.

Newspapers Published In Lockney ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Lockney:

  • The Lockney Beacon (from 1903)
  • The Lockney Ledger (from 1898)

Newspapers Neighboring Lockney ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lockney.

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

  • Published In Della Plain  ...
  • Published In South Plains  ...
    • South Plains Sun (from 1927)
  • Published In Floydada  ...
  • Published In Plainview [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Hale Center [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Hale City [Hale County] ...
    • Hale Globe (from 1890)
      • The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Hale Globe
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86089124
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14337948
  • Published In Kress [Swisher County] ...
    • Kress News (from 1954)
  • Published In Silverton [Briscoe County] ...
  • Published In Abernathy [Hale County] ...

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- Lockney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lockney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1230, Longitude: -101.4424       In this case, the coordinates for Lockney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).