Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Richmond 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 17 papers that were published in the immediate area of Richmond. In addition, the list contains another 14 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Richmond. In total, we've identified 31 papers within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Richmond.

Newspapers Published In Richmond ...

We know of 17 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Richmond:

Richmond Hornet (from 1910)
- Years of publication: 1910 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Hornet
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87091143
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947373
Richmond Opinion (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Opinion
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089939
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633882
Richmond Reflector (from 1879)
- Years of publication: 1879 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Reflector
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089940
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633894
Richmond Register (from 1889)
- Years of publication: 1889 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089941
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633903
Richmond Register (from 1879)
- The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87090044
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15348466
Richmond Reporter (from 1856)
- Years of publication: 1856 to 1859
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85038589
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12793073
Richmond Telescope & Register (from 1839)
- Years of publication: 1839 to 1840
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Telescope & Register
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090808
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11615670
Richmond Telescope (from 1839)
- Published during 1839
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richmond Telescope
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86090807
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11615678
The Brazos Signal (from 1866)
- Years of publication: 1866 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Brazos Signal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089936
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633840
The Fort Bend Flag (from 1877)
- Years of publication: 1877 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Fort Bend Flag
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089983
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633763
The Four Counties (from 1873)
- Years of publication: 1873 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Four Counties
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089988
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633824
The Nation (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Nation
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089984
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633769
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- The Richmond Democrat (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Richmond Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089995
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633754
- The Richmond Zephyr (from 1891)
  - Years of publication: 1891 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Richmond Zephyr
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091142
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947313
- The South-Texan (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The South-Texan
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089942
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633914
- The Texas Coaster (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Texas Coaster
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089314
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14236408
- The Texas Sun (from 1855)
  - Years of publication: 1855 to 1856
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Texas Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089990
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14633818

Newspapers Neighboring Richmond ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Richmond.

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

Published In Rosenberg ...
- Fort Bend Reporter (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fort Bend Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089287
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14247522
- Rosenberg News-Herald (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rosenberg News-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084270
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18608963
- The Herald-Coaster (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Herald-Coaster
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089802
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14407668
- The Rosenberg Herald (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rosenberg Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090071
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14703200
- The Rosenberg Herald (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rosenberg Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084271
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18609288
- The Rosenberg Journal (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rosenberg Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091141
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947179
- The Rosenberg News (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rosenberg News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091147
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947595
- The Rosenberg Tribune (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rosenberg Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091146
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947524
- The Silver X-Ray (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Silver X-Ray
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091197
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16993029
Published In Sugar Land ...
- Fort Bend Mirror (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Fort Bend Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91002796
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23956617
- Texas Farm And Industrial News (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Texas Farm And Industrial News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090245
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14868722
Published In Stafford ...
- The Fort Bend Mirror (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Fort Bend Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090418
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14954282
Published In Needville ...
- Gulf Coast Tribune (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gulf Coast Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091058
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902427
- The Needville Chronicle (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Needville Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091144
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16947431

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Richmond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fort Bend County: www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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- Richmond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5822, Longitude: -95.7632 In this case, the coordinates for Richmond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).