Texas Newspaper Founding Dates

  1842 Galveston County Daily News
1843
1844
1845 Bay City Tribune
1846 Victoria Advocate
1847 Jefferson Jimplecute
1848
1850 1849 Palestine Herald-Press
1850 Huntsville Item (Rusk) Cherokeean Herald
1851
1852 (New Braunfels) Herald-Zeitung
1853 Bastrop Advertiser Gonzales Inquirer
1854
1855
1856
1857 (Columbus) Colorado County Citizen
1858
1860 1859
1860 The Cameron Herald
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865 Jasper Newsboy San Antonio Express-News
1866 Belton Journal Brenham Banner-Press
1867
1868
1870 1869 Paris News Rockport Pilot
1870 Rockport Pilot
1871 Austin American-Statesman Stephenville Empire-Tribune
1872 Lockhart Post-Register DeKalb News
1873 Burnet Bulletin (Carthage) Panola Watchman Clarksville Times Comanche Chief San Saba News & Star
1874 Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
1875 Albany News Flatonia Argus Hamilton Herald-News Orange Leader Texarkana Gazette
1876 Fairfield Recorder Graham Leader (Linden) Cass County Sun Mineola Monitor Wills Point Chronicle
1877 (Center) The Light and Champion Floresville Chronicle-Journal Marshall News Messenger (Georgetown) Williamson County Sun Gilmer Mirror Mason, Mason County News Round Rock Leader Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph Whitesboro News-Record
1878 Luling Newsboy and Signal Pilot Point Post Signal Clarendon Enterprise
1880 1879 Atlanta Citizens Journal Bellville Times Calvert Tribune Cooper Review Crane News El Paso Times Kerrville Mountain Sun (Sherman/Denison) Herald Democrat Uvalde Leader-News Wills Point Chronicle
1880 Alvarado Bulletin Beaumont Enterprise Coleman Chronicle & Democrat-Voice (Decatur) Wise County Messenger Jacksboro Gazette-News (Quitaque) Valley Tribune
1881 Laredo Morning Times Abilene Reporter-News Gatesville Messenger Sweetwater Reporter
1882 Canton Herald Junction Eagle Midlothian Mirror
1883 (Blanco) Blanco County News Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Hemphill) Sabine County Reporter Mansfield News-Mirror
1884 (Caldwell) Burleson County Tribune Carrizo Springs Javelin Pittsburg Gazette San Angelo Standard-Times Whitewright Sun
1885 Dallas Morning News El Campo Leader-News Farmersville Times Jewett Messenger (New Boston) Bowie County Citizen-Tribune
1886 Ballinger Ledger Bartlett Tribune-Progress Beeville Bee-Picayune Eagle Pass News-Guide (Granbury) Hood County News Haskell Free Press Hondo Anvil Herald Kaufman Herald (Naples) The Monitor Throckmorton Tribune
1887 (Baird) Callahan County Star Crosbyton Review (Emory) Rains County Leader Glen Rose Reporter Liberty Vindicator (Panhandle/White Deer) Panhandle Herald Pecos Enterprise Sealy News
1888 Childress Index Dallas Commercial Record Giddings Times & News Merkel Mail Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Weimar Mercury
1890 1889 Alpine Avalanche (Baird) Callahan County News Bryan Eagle Hearne Democrat Houston Daily Court Review Llano News Plainview Daily Herald Plano Star Courier Quanah Tribune-Chief West News Wharton Journal-Spectator
1890 (Crockett) Houston County Courier DeLeon Free Press Elgin Courier Gainesville Register (Hempstead) Waller County News-Citizen Leonard Graphic Marlin Democrat Memphis Democrat Port Lavaca Wave (Rising Star) Star (Sonora) Devil's River News Sterling City News-Record
1891 (Crowell) Foard County News Ennis Daily News (Karnes City) The Countywide (Matador) Motley County Tribune
1892 Alvin Sun Brownsville Herald Conroe Courier Groesbeck Journal Kerens Tribune McGregor Mirror & Crawford Sun Moody Courier Rosenberg Herald-Coaster Shiner Gazette Van Alstyne Leader Waco Tribune-Herald Yoakum Herald-Times
1893 (Anson) The Western Observer (College Station) The Battalion Canadian Record Houston Informer & Texas Freeman (Quitman) Wood County Democrat Rockdale Reporter (Rocksprings) Texas Mohair Weekly Rosebud News
1894 Alice Echo-News Bridgeport Index Chico Texan Copperas Cove Leader-Press Cuero Record Goldthwaite Eagle Madisonville Meteor Navasota Examiner Schulenburg Sticker
1895 Angleton Times Clifton Record Corsicana Daily Sun Hico News Review (Seymour) Baylor County Banner Smithville Times Weatherford Democrat Yorktown News-View
1896 The Canyon News (Floydada) Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon Forney Messenger Fort Worth Weekly Livestock Reporter Grand Saline Sun Grandview Tribune (Pearsall) Frio-Nueces Current Riesel Rustler San Antonio Commercial Recorder
1897 Devine News McKinney Courier-Gazette Port Arthur News
1898 Robert Lee Observer/Enterprise Saint Jo Tribune Sanger Courier Terrell Tribune Thorndale Champion
1900 1899 Grapeland Messenger Mexia Daily News Miami Chief Sulphur Springs News-Telegram
1900 Brownwood Bulletin Johnson City Record-Courier Lindale News & Times Lubbock Avalanche Journal Mineral Wells Index
1901 Athens Daily Review Dalhart Daily Texan Eldorado Success Gorman Progress Hereford Brand Houston Chronicle Stratford Star
1902 Fort Worth Commercial Recorder
1903 (Buda) The Free Press (Dallas) Oak Cliff Tribune Denton Record-Chronicle Eagle Lake Headlight Malakoff News Miles Messenger (Tahoka) Lynn County News
1904 Big Spring Herald Brownfield News CleburneTimes-Review Comfort News Jacksonville Daily News Polk County Enterprise (Shepherd) San Jacinto News-Times
1905 Colorado City Record Groveton News Lamesa Press Reporter Lampasas Dispatch Record Nocona News Winters Enterprise
1906 Boerne Star Eden Echo (Edna) Jackson County Herald-Tribune Falfurrias Facts Fort Worth Star-Telegram Hamlin Herald Kingsville Record & Bishop News Kirbyville Banner Paducah Post Pampa News Teague Chronicle
1907 (Crystal City) Zavala County Sentinel Edgewood Enterprise Electra Star-News Fredericksburg Standard / Radio Post Mercedes Enterprise Palacios Beacon Rotan Advance-Star-Record Seminole Sentinel (Spearman) Hansford County Reporter-Statesman Wichita Falls Times-Record-News
1908 Anahuac Progress (Archer City) Archer County News Burkburnett Informer Star Deport Times Fort Stockton Pioneer (Houston) Jewish Herald-Voice (Sinton) San Patricio County News Vernon Daily Record Winnsboro News
1910 1909 Aransas Pass Progress Brady Standard-Herald Cross Plains Review Kerrville Daily Times (McAllen) The Monitor Normangee Star Pleasanton Express (Spur) Texas Spur Trenton Tribune Tulia Herald Wellington Leader
1910 Bogata News Frankston Citizen New Ulm Enterprise (Robstown) Nueces County Record-Star Van Horn Advocate
1911 (Farwell) State Line Tribune Olney Enterprise (Slaton) The Slatonite
1912 Katy Times San Marcos Daily Record Texas City Sun
1913 The (Clute) Facts Ozona Stockman Stamford American Taylor Daily Press
1914 Edinburg Daily Review Moulton Eagle (Rio Grande City) Rio Grande Herald
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1916 San Augustine Tribune
1917 Cleveland Advocate
1918 (Littlefield) Lamb County Leader-News (Silverton) Briscoe County News
1920 1919 Cisco Press Muleshoe Journal Ranger Times Silsbee Bee
1920 Breckenridge American Raymondville Chronicle/Willacy County News
1921 Abernathy Weekly Review
1922 Baytown Sun The Bowie News Bremond Press Hale Center American (La Grange) Fayette County Record
1923 La Feria News O'Donnell Index-Press
1924 (Dimmitt) Castro County News Mathis News Taft Tribune
1925 Big Lake Wildcat Eastland Telegram Friona Star Groom/McLean News (Levelland) Hockley County News-Press Rankin News (Stanton) Martin County Messenger
1926 Amarillo Globe-News Borger News Herald (Hebbronville) Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Marfa) The Big Bend Sentinel Olton Enterprise Post Dispatch Sudan Beacon-News
1927 Alvord Gazette Booker News (Dumas) Moore County News-Press
1928 Gladewater Mirror (Three Rivers) The Progress Trinity Standard
1930 1929 Del Rio News Herald McCamey News Midland Reporter-Telegram San Benito News
1930 Henderson Daily News (Woodville) Tyler County Booster
1931 Buffalo Press Monahans News
1932 Hallettsville Tribune-Herald (Henrietta) Clay County Leader Overton Press
1933 Hubbard City News Wheeler Times
1934 (Andrews) Andrews County News  
1935
1936 (Deport) Talco Times (Kermit) Winkler County News Menard News and Messenger Morton Tribune Muenster Enterprise
1937
1938 (Dallas) Park Cities News
1940 1939 Denver City Press
1940 Kilgore News Herald Odessa American
1941 Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
1942
1943
1944
1945 Bandera Bulletin (Dallas) The White Rocker Iraan News (Jacksboro) Jack County Herald
1946 Waco Citizen
1947 (La Porte) Bayshore Sun (Dallas/Fort Worth) Texas Jewish Post Pasadena Citizen  
1948 Odem-Edroy News Vega Enterprise Wylie News  
  1949 Big Sandy Hawkins Journal
1950 1950 Snyder Daily News
1951 Lake Whitney Views
1952 Diboll Free Press Idalou Beacon
1953 Corrigan Times Ingleside Index
1954 Fort Bend Mirror
1955 Highlands Star/Crosby Courier
1956 (Dell City) Hudspeth County Herald
1957 Deer Park Progress  
1958 Castroville News Bulletin
1960 1959 Azle News Marble Falls Highlander (Refugio) Refugio County Press (Sugar Land) The Fort Bend Mirror (Vidor) The Vidorian Frisco Enterprise
1960 Duncanville Today Houston Forward Times
1961
1962 Big Sandy-Hawkins Journal Hart Beat (Needville) The Gulf Coast Tribune
1963 Hillsboro Reporter (Howe) Texoma Enterprise Petersburg Post (Quinlan) Tawakoni News
1964 Burleston Star Portland News Springtown Epigraph
1965 Daingerfield Bee Joshua Star
1966
1967 The (Clear Lake) Citizen
1968 Friendswood Journal
1970 1969 Friendswood Reporter-News Iowa Park Leader La Vernia News (Newton) Newton County News Franklin News Weekly
1970 Cedar Hill Today Lancaster Today Princeton Herald Allen American
1971 Canyon Lake Times Guardian & Comal Chronicle (Gun Barrel City) Cedar Creek Pilot Houston Business Journal (Knox City) Knox County News Kress Chronicle Munday Courier Pearland Reporter News Port Aransas South Jetty (Rochester) Twin Cities News (Roma) South Texas Reporter North San Antonio Times
1972 Clyde Journal (Gail) Borden Star Mission Progress-Times (Seagoville) Suburbia News
1973 (Floresville) Wilson County News
1974 Blossom Times (Georgetown) The Sunday Sun (Lake Dallas) Lake Cities Sun (Mabank) The Monitor Pearland Journal (Rockport) The Coastal Bend Herald Wallis News-Review
1975 Northwest Tarrant County Times-Record
1976 (Austin) Westlake Picayune Brownsboro & Chandler Statesman (Tatum) Trammel Trace Tribune Wimberley View
1977 (Lytle) Medina County Times
1978 Pharr Advance News Journal Wolfe City Mirror
1980 1979
1980 Austin Business Journal Centerville News Franklin Advocate Pflugerville Pflag
1981 (Corpus Christi) Coastal Bend Legal & Business News (Dallas) Park Cities People Dripping Springs News-Dispatch Freer Press
1982 Canton Herald / Van Zandt News Detroit Weekly The Rowlett Lakeshore Times (Zapata) Zapata County News
1983 (Fort Davis) Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch (Goliad) The Texan Express
1984 (Boerne) Hill Country Recorder Coppell Citizens' Gazette (Pottsboro) Texoma Press
1985 (Aspermont) Stonewall County Courier (Columbus) The Banner Press Newspaper Hebbronville View (Ralls) Crosby County Reporter-Examiner (San Diego) Duval County Picture Timpson & Tenaha News
1986 (Austin) Lake Travis View Calvert Tribune Eagle Pass News Gram The International Presidio Newspaper (Red Oak) Ellis County Chronicle (Rockwall) Rockwall County News
1987 West Austin News Crowley Star (DeSoto) Focus Daily News Liberty Hill Independent (Graford) Lake Country Sun
1988 (Fritch) The Eagle Press Fort Worth Business Press (Meridian) Bosque County News (Whitehouse) Tri County Leader  
1990 1989 Alvarado Post Brackettville News (Follett) The Golden Spread Valley Mills Progress
1990 Buna Beacon Dripping Springs Century News Dublin Citizen Garrison in the News White Oak Independent
1991 (Burnet) Citizens' Gazette The (Winnie) Hometown Press
1992 (Ferris) Ellis County Press Midlothian Today
1993 The (Brookshire) Times Tribune Keene Star Mart Messenger (Nixon) Cow Country Courier (Shamrock) County Star-News
1994 Little Elm Journal (Plains) Cowboy Country News
1995 (Aledo) The Community News Greenwood Ranger Hutto Herald Italy News-Herald (Marble Falls) River Cities Tribune
1996 Alvarado Star Bullard Weekly News
1997 Baird Banner Bandera Review Lexington Leader
1998 Van Banner  
2000 1999 (Aubrey) The Town Charter (Everman) South Tarrant Star Honey Grove Weekly Gazette (Lytle) Leader News
2000 Buffalo Express (Cedar Park) Hill Country News Weekender
2001 (Marshall) Lone Star Eagle Tri County Tribune (Seagraves)
2002 (Fairfield) Freestone County Times
2003
2004