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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oyster Creek is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oyster Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oyster Creek. Our list contains 34 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Oyster Creek.

Newspapers Neighboring Oyster Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Oyster Creek.

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

  • Published In Velasco  ...
    • Brazosport World (from 19??)
    • The Drum Tap (from 1862)
    • The Velasco Times (from 1891)
    • The Velasco World (from 1891)
    • Velasco Daily Times (from 1891)
    • Velasco Herald (from 1837)
    • Velasco World (from 1941)
  • Published In Freeport  ...
  • Published In Lake Jackson  ...
  • Published In Angleton  ...
  • Published In San Luis  ...
    • San Luis Advocate (from 1840)
  • Published In Brazoria  ...
  • Published In West Columbia  ...
  • Published In Alvin  ...
    • Alvin News (from 1890)
    • Gulf Coast Review (from 1929)
    • The Alvin Advocate (from 1911)
    • The Alvin Sun (from 1890)
    • The Commoner (from 1899)
    • The County News (from 19??)
  • Published In Hitchcock [Galveston County] ...
    • The Storm Drift (from 1900)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oyster Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oyster Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9981, Longitude: -95.3285       In this case, the coordinates for Oyster Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).