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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for South Plains 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of South Plains. In addition, the list contains another 23 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded South Plains. In total, we've identified 24 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of South Plains.

Newspapers Published In South Plains ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the South Plains area:

  • South Plains Sun (from 1927)

Newspapers Neighboring South Plains ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of South Plains.

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

  • Published In Della Plain  ...
  • Published In Lockney  ...
    • The Lockney Beacon (from 1903)
    • The Lockney Ledger (from 1898)
  • Published In Floydada  ...
  • Published In Silverton [Briscoe County] ...
  • Published In Plainview [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Kress [Swisher County] ...
    • Kress News (from 1954)
  • Published In Turkey [Hall County] ...

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 from Point A (ie- South Plains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2258, Longitude: -101.3104