Houston County Courier

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| name = Houston County Courier

| publisher = Kelli Barnes

| editor = Chris Edwards

| foundation = 1890

| headquarters = 107 South 7th St.

Crockett, TX 75835-1694

| circulation = 3,563

| circulation_date = 2023

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| website = {{URL|easttexasnews.com}}

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Houston County Courier is a newspaper based out of Crockett, Texas. It is a division of East Texas News{{cite web|url=http://www.houstoncountycourier.com/|title=Houston County Courier|publisher=houstoncountycourier.com|accessdate=2014-04-05}} and a publication of Polk County Publishing Company.{{cite web|url=https://easttexasnews.com/index.php/en/7|title=Polk County Publishing Co.|website=www.easttexasnews.com/index.php/en/|accessdate=2018-07-29}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

History

The Courier began operations in 1890 under the name The Crockett Weekly Courier. The newspaper was established by W. B. Page under publisher Giles M. Haltom.

In 1958, the Courier merged with the Crockett Democrat to form the Courier Democrat. In 1960, the paper became the Houston County Courier''.{{cite web|url=http://houstoncountygenealogy.com/Newspapers.htm|title=Houston County Newspapers|publisher=houstoncountygenealogy.com|accessdate=2018-07-29}}

References

Category:Houston County, Texas

Category:Weekly newspapers published in Texas

Category:Newspapers established in 1890

Category:1890 establishments in Texas