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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Port Arthur 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 10 papers that were published in the immediate area of Port Arthur. In addition, the list contains another 40 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Port Arthur. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Port Arthur.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Port Arthur.  

Newspapers Published In Port Arthur ...

We know of 10 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Port Arthur:

Newspapers Neighboring Port Arthur ...

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

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

  • Published In Port Neches  ...
  • Published In Nederland  ...
  • Published In Sabine Pass  ...
  • Published In Bridge City [Orange County] ...
    • Bi-City Banner (from 195?)
  • Published In Vidor [Orange County] ...
    • The Vidor Vidorian (from 1962)
    • The Vidorian (from 1955)
  • Published In Beaumont  ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Beaumont. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Beaumont
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Port Arthur. This extended list includes all the papers from Beaumont. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Port Arthur
  • Published In Orange [Orange County] ...
  • Published In Stowell [Chambers County] ...
    • The Stowell News (from 1914)
  • Published In Winnie [Chambers County] ...
  • Published In Lumberton [Hardin County] ...
    • Hardin County News (from 1971)
    • Lumberton News (from 19??)

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- Port Arthur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Arthur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8845, Longitude: -93.9345