Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West Lea 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 West Lea. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding West Lea. Our list contains 11 papers that were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of West Lea.

Newspapers Neighboring West Lea ...

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km] of West Lea.

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

Published In Pearland ...
- The Pearland Advocate (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pearland Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090962
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16834633
- The Pearland Journal (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pearland Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16907906
Published In Friendswood [Galveston County] ...
- Pearland Reporter (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pearland Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902300
- The Friendswood Journal (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Friendswood Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091063
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902906
- The Friendswood News
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Friendswood News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091062
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16902762
Published In Alvin ...
- Alvin News (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Alvin News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091176
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16974124
- Gulf Coast Review (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gulf Coast Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090277
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15736103
- The Alvin Advocate (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alvin Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089786
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14450407
- The Alvin Sun (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alvin Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84006908
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11098054
- The Commoner (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commoner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86088225
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13864501
- The County News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091178
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16974314

Footnotes ...

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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 from Point A (ie- West Lea) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Lea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5366, Longitude: -95.3255 In this case, the coordinates for West Lea have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).