Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marfa.
Our newspaper information for Marfa 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 13 papers that were published in the immediate area of Marfa. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Marfa. In total, we've identified 25 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Marfa.
Newspapers Published In Marfa ...
We know of 13 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Marfa:
- La Voz De Marfa (from 1928)
- Marfa Town Talk (from 1913)
- Marfacts (from 1943)
- Years of publication: 1943 to 1945
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Marfacts
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090786
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15096966
- The Big Bend Sentinel (and The Marfa New Era) (from 1928)
- The Big Bend Sentinel (and The New Era) (from 1933)
- The Big Bend Sentinel The Marfa Independent (from 1992)
- The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1926)
- The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1939)
- The Marfa Independent And The Big Bend Sentinel (from 1984)
- The Marfa Independent (from 1983)
- The Marfa Star (from 1916)
- The New Era (from 1886)
- The Saber (from 1918)
Newspapers Neighboring Marfa ...
The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Marfa.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Marfa.
- Published In Fort Davis [Jeff Davis County] ...
- Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch (from 1990)
- Jeff Davis County News (from 1986)
- The Fort Davis Dispatch (from 1931)
- The Fort Davis Post (from 1911)
- The Presidio County News (from 1885)
- Published In Alpine [Brewster County] ...
- Alpine Avalanche (from 1889)
- Sul Ross Skyline (from 1923)
- The Alpine Guide (from 1911)
- The Alpine Industrial News (from 1926)
- The Alpine Review (from 1889)
- The Alpine Times (from 1904)
- The Desert-Mountain Times (from 200?)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marfa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marfa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3130, Longitude: -104.0219 |