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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Smithville 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Smithville. In addition, the list contains another 60 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Smithville. In total, we've identified 67 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Smithville.

Newspapers Published In Smithville ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Smithville:

Newspapers Neighboring Smithville ...

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

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

  • Published In Bastrop  ...
  • Published In Camp Swift  ...
    • Spearhead (from 1945)
      • Years of publication:  1945 to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Spearhead
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090579
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15073516
  • Published In Giddings [Lee County] ...
  • Published In La Grange [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Flatonia [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Waelder [Gonzales County] ...
  • Published In Schulenburg [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Elgin  ...
  • Published In Fayetteville [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Lexington [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Moulton [Lavaca County] ...
    • The Moulton Eagle (from 1898)
  • Published In Weimar [Colorado 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smithville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smithville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0069, Longitude: -97.1508       In this case, the coordinates for Smithville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).