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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lufkin 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Lufkin. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lufkin. In total, we've identified 45 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lufkin.

Newspapers Published In Lufkin ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lufkin:

  • The Banner (from 188?)
    • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91072540
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24767977
  • The Courier (from 19??)
  • The Lufkin Daily News (from 1906)
  • The Lufkin Daily News (from 1982)
  • The Lufkin News (from 1959)
  • The Lufkin News (from 1906)

Newspapers Neighboring Lufkin ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lufkin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lufkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3405, Longitude: -94.7295