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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Galveston 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 Galveston. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Galveston. Our list contains 14 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Galveston.

Newspapers Neighboring Galveston ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Galveston.

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

  • Published In Gretna  ...
    • The Parrot (from 193?)
  • Published In Chatham  ...
  • Published In Spring Garden  ...
    • Solid Facts (from 1893)
  • Published In Hurt  ...
    • The Gazette (from 19??)
  • Published In Altavista [Campbell 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Galveston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Galveston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9199, Longitude: -79.3834       In this case, the coordinates for Galveston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).