Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 27 newspapers that have been published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Oakland. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Brazoria County Daily Review (from 19??)
- Published in Angleton [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Brazoria County Daily Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091066
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16903138
Brazoria County Review (from 1940)
- Published in Angleton [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1940 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Brazoria County Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091059
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902487
Brazos Courier (from 1839)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1839 to 1840
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Brazos Courier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088381
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14072296
Brazosport World (from 19??)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Brazosport World
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091075
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16908041
Freeport Facts (from 1913)
- Published in Freeport [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1913 to 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Freeport Facts
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089046
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14218887
San Luis Advocate (from 1840)
- Published in San Luis [Brazoria County] - now historic
- Years of publication: 1840 to 1842
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the San Luis Advocate
- Holdings for: LCCN SN84022095
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10280362
Texas Gazette And Brazoria Commercial Advertiser (from 1832)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Published during 1832
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Texas Gazette And Brazoria Commercial Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088637
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14148217
Texas Planter (from 1852)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1852 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Texas Planter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088153
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14062621
The Advocate Of The People's Rights (from 1833)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1833 to 1834
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Advocate Of The People's Rights
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86071099
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13163036
The Angleton Times (from 1893)
- Published in Angleton [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1893 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Angleton Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088266
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13912414
The Brazoria County News (from 1962)
- Published in West Columbia [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1962 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Brazoria County News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16903067
The Brazoria Star (from 1904)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1904 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Brazoria Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089907
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14562812
The Brazorian News (from 1963)
- Published in Lake Jackson [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1963 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Brazorian News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091060
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902585
The Brazosport Citizen (from 1951)
- Published in Freeport [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1951 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Brazosport Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091064
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902994
The Citizen-Light (from 19??)
- Published in Freeport [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Citizen-Light
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091200
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16997492
The Constitutional Advocate And Texas Public Advertiser (from 1832)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1832 to 1833
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Constitutional Advocate And Texas Public Advertiser
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83021339
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10129738
The Daily Facts-Review (from 1952)
- Published in Freeport [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1952 to 1956
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily Facts-Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091074
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16907986
The Drum Tap (from 1862)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1862 to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Drum Tap
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090221
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14641741
The Independent (from 1880)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1880 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088382
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14072316
The Lake Jackson News (from 1944)
- Published in Lake Jackson [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1944 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Lake Jackson News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091057
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902368
The People (from 1838)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- The first year of publication was in 1838, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The People
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088135
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14051931
The Texas Republican (from 1834)
- Published in Brazoria [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1834 to 1836
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Texas Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86071100
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13163075
The Velasco Times (from 1891)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Velasco Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86064242
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13684923
The Velasco World (from 1891)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1891 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Velasco World
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86071466
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13545606
Velasco Daily Times (from 1891)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1891 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Velasco Daily Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86064231
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13684905
Velasco Herald (from 1837)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Published during 1837
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Velasco Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090805
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15112693
Velasco World (from 1941)
- Published in Velasco [Brazoria County]
- Years of publication: 1941 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Velasco World
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091061
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902693

Footnotes ...

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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- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9919, Longitude: -95.4438 In this case, the coordinates for Oakland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).