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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wolfforth 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 Wolfforth. In addition, the list contains another 72 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wolfforth. In total, we've identified 73 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wolfforth.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wolfforth.  

Newspapers Published In Wolfforth ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Wolfforth ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wolfforth.

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

  • Published In Lubbock  ...
    • We know of 43 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lubbock. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lubbock
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wolfforth. This extended list includes all the papers from Lubbock. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wolfforth
  • Published In Shallowater  ...
  • Published In Meadow [Terry County] ...
    • The Meadow Star (from 1936)
  • Published In Idalou  ...
    • The Idalou Beacon (from 1951)
    • The Idalou Echo (from 1925)
  • Published In Levelland [Hockley County] ...
  • Published In Slaton  ...
    • The Slaton Slatonite (from 1914)
    • The Slaton Times (from 1924)
    • The Slatonite (from 1911)
  • Published In Anton [Hockley County] ...
    • Anton News (from 1925)
    • The Star (from 1960)
      • Years of publication:  1960 to ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86090639
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15132359
  • Published In Abernathy [Hale County] ...
  • Published In Tahoka [Lynn County] ...
  • Published In Brownfield [Terry County] ...
  • Published In Lorenzo [Crosby County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wolfforth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wolfforth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5060, Longitude: -102.0117