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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rio Vista 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rio Vista. In addition, the list contains another 112 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rio Vista. In total, we've identified 114 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rio Vista.

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 Rio Vista.  

Newspapers Published In Rio Vista ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Rio Vista:

Newspapers Neighboring Rio Vista ...

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

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

  • Published In Blum [Hill County] ...
  • Published In Cleburne  ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cleburne. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cleburne
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rio Vista. This extended list includes all the papers from Cleburne. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rio Vista
  • Published In Itasca [Hill County] ...
    • The Alliance Mail (from 1886)
    • The Itasca Item (from 1897)
    • The Itasca Mail (from 1886)
  • Published In Alvarado  ...
    • Alvarado Bulletin (from 1881)
    • Alvarado Signal (from 18??)
    • Alvarado Weekly Bulletin (from 1882)
  • Published In Joshua  ...
  • Published In Godley  ...
  • Published In Peoria [Hill County] ...
  • Published In Morgan [Bosque County] ...
    • The Morgan News (from 1889)
      • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Morgan News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88083892
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18186910
  • Published In Burleson  ...
  • Published In Hillsboro [Hill County] ...
  • Published In Maypearl [Ellis County] ...
  • Published In Glen Rose [Somervell County] ...
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rio Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rio Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2350, Longitude: -97.3760