Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Columbia.
Our newspaper information for West Columbia 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 West Columbia. In addition, the list contains another 49 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Columbia. In total, we've identified 50 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of West Columbia.
Newspapers Published In West Columbia ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West Columbia area:
- The Brazoria County News (from 1962)
Newspapers Neighboring West Columbia ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of West Columbia.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from West Columbia.
- 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 Angleton ...
- Brazoria County Daily Review (from 19??)
- Brazoria County Review (from 1940)
- The Angleton Times (from 1893)
- Published In Lake Jackson ...
- The Brazorian News (from 1963)
- The Lake Jackson News (from 1944)
- Published In Needville [Fort Bend County] ...
- Gulf Coast Tribune (from 19??)
- The Needville Chronicle (from 19??)
- 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 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 Freeport ...
- Freeport Facts (from 1913)
- The Brazosport Citizen (from 1951)
- The Citizen-Light (from 19??)
- The Daily Facts-Review (from 1952)
- Published In Alvin ...
- Alvin News (from 1890)
- Gulf Coast Review (from 1929)
- The Alvin Advocate (from 1911)
- The Alvin Sun (from 1890)
- The Commoner (from 1899)
- The County News (from 19??)
- Published In Rosenberg [Fort Bend County] ...
- Fort Bend Reporter (from 1926)
- Rosenberg News-Herald (from 19??)
- The Herald-Coaster (from 1958)
- The Rosenberg Herald (from 191?)
- The Rosenberg Herald (from 19??)
- The Rosenberg Journal (from 18??)
- The Rosenberg News (from 1913)
- The Rosenberg Tribune (from 1935)
- The Silver X-Ray (from 18??)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for West Columbia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Columbia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Columbia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1437, Longitude: -95.6443 |