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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Olton 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Olton. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Olton. In total, we've identified 28 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Olton.

Newspapers Published In Olton ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Olton area:

Newspapers Neighboring Olton ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Olton.

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

  • Published In Hart [Castro County] ...
    • The Hart Beat (from 1962)
  • 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 Hale Center [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Littlefield  ...
  • Published In Plainview [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Sudan  ...
    • Sudan Beacon News (from 19??)
    • The Sudan News (from 1924)
  • 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 Kress [Swisher County] ...
    • Kress News (from 1954)
  • Published In Dimmitt [Castro County] ...
    • Castro County News (from 1924)
    • The Dimmitt Weekly Signal (from 1897)
  • Published In Abernathy [Hale County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- Olton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1812, Longitude: -102.1349