Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sweeny.
Our newspaper information for Sweeny is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweeny. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sweeny. Our list contains 43 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sweeny.
Newspapers Neighboring Sweeny ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Sweeny.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sweeny.
- Published In Brazoria ...
- Brazos Courier (from 1839)
- Texas Gazette And Brazoria Commercial Advertiser (from 1832)
- Texas Planter (from 1852)
- The Advocate Of The People's Rights (from 1833)
- The Brazoria Star (from 1904)
- The Constitutional Advocate And Texas Public Advertiser (from 1832)
- The Independent (from 1880)
- The People (from 1838)
- The first year of publication was in 1838, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The People
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088135
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14051931
- The Texas Republican (from 1834)
- Published In West Columbia ...
- The Brazoria County News (from 1962)
- Published In Lake Jackson ...
- The Brazorian News (from 1963)
- The Lake Jackson News (from 1944)
- Published In Bay City [Matagorda County] ...
- Matagorda County News And Midcoast Farmer (from 1914)
- Matagorda County News And New Era (from 1918)
- The Daily Tribune (from 1904)
- The Herald (from 19??)
- The Matagorda County Tribune (from 1898)
- The Matagorda County Tribune (from 19??)
- Weekly Visitor (from 1899)
- Published In Angleton ...
- Brazoria County Daily Review (from 19??)
- Brazoria County Review (from 1940)
- The Angleton Times (from 1893)
- Published In Freeport ...
- Freeport Facts (from 1913)
- The Brazosport Citizen (from 1951)
- The Citizen-Light (from 19??)
- The Daily Facts-Review (from 1952)
- Published In Velasco ...
- Brazosport World (from 19??)
- The Drum Tap (from 1862)
- The Velasco Times (from 1891)
- The Velasco World (from 1891)
- Velasco Daily Times (from 1891)
- Velasco Herald (from 1837)
- Velasco World (from 1941)
- Published In Needville [Fort Bend County] ...
- Gulf Coast Tribune (from 19??)
- The Needville Chronicle (from 19??)
- Published In Matagorda [Matagorda County] ...
- Chronicle Of The Times (from 1855)
- Colorado Gazette And Advertiser (from 1839)
- Colorado Tribune (from 1847)
- Matagorda Bulletin (from 1837)
- The Colorado Herald (from 1846)
- The Matagorda Gazette (from 1858)
- The Matagorda News (from 1912)
- The Weekly Despatch (from 1843)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Sweeny: www.ci.sweeny.tx.us/
The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sweeny) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweeny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0440, Longitude: -95.7021 |