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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lubbock 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 43 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lubbock. In addition, the list contains another 25 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lubbock. In total, we've identified 68 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Lubbock.

Newspapers Published In Lubbock ...

We know of 43 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lubbock:

Newspapers Neighboring Lubbock ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Lubbock.

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

  • Published In Wolfforth  ...
  • Published In Shallowater  ...
  • Published In Idalou  ...
    • The Idalou Beacon (from 1951)
    • The Idalou Echo (from 1925)
  • Published In Slaton  ...
    • The Slaton Slatonite (from 1914)
    • The Slaton Times (from 1924)
    • The Slatonite (from 1911)
  • Published In Abernathy [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Lorenzo [Crosby County] ...
  • Published In Anton [Hockley County] ...
    • Anton News (from 1925)
    • The Star (from 1960)
      • Years of publication:  1960 to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090639
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15132359
  • Published In Meadow [Terry County] ...
    • The Meadow Star (from 1936)
  • Published In Levelland [Hockley County] ...
  • Published In Tahoka [Lynn 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lubbock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lubbock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5779, Longitude: -101.8707