Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rayville 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rayville. In addition, the list contains another 50 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rayville. In total, we've identified 59 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Rayville.

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 Rayville.

Newspapers Published In Rayville ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rayville:

Richland Beacon (from 1869)
- Years of publication: 1869 to 1890
- Issues available online: 867
- Scanned issues: September 7, 1872 to December 14, 1889
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Richland Beacon
- Holdings: LCCN SN86079088
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13175560
- ISSN Number: 2166-7810
Richland Journal (from 1981)
- Years of publication: 1981 to 1985
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Richland Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059434
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20602750
The Journal Midweek (from 1986)
- Published during 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal Midweek
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059448
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20682726
The Journal (from 1985)
- Years of publication: 1985 to 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059435
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20602779
The Journal (from 1986)
- Published during 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059447
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20682710
The Midweek-Journal (from 1986)
- Published during 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Midweek-Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059450
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20682757
The Midweek (from 1986)
- Published during 1986
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Midweek
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059449
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20682741
The Richland Journal (from 1986)
- Years of publication: 1986 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Richland Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059436
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20602801
The Richland News (from 1888)
- Years of publication: 1888 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Richland News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064355
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17855776

Newspapers Neighboring Rayville ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Rayville.

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

Published In Delhi ...
- The Delhi Chronicle (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Delhi Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034246
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12597944
- The Delhi Dispatch (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 1953
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Delhi Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064194
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17616893
- The Delhi Dispatch (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Delhi Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064195
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17557099
- The Dispatch (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064193
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17545285
Published In Monroe [Ouachita Parish] ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Monroe. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Monroe
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Rayville. This extended list includes all the papers from Monroe. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rayville
Published In Winnsboro [Franklin Parish] ...
- Franklin Sun (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Franklin Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064370
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17870415
- The Franklin Sun-Franklin Parish News (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun-Franklin Parish News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064373
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17870432
- The Franklin Sun (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83016572
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 192110695
- The Franklin Sun (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064372
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17870424
- The Louisiana Herald (from 1865)
  - The first year of publication was in 1865, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Louisiana Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87090123
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15152049
- The Rising Star (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rising Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064371
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17870402
Published In West Monroe [Ouachita Parish] ...
- The Citizen (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064442
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17991782
- The Ouachita Citizen (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ouachita Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83006106
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10239747
- The Ouachita Citizen (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ouachita Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064441
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17991775
- The Ouachita Democrat (from 1887)
  - The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ouachita Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059003
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19099080
- The West Monroe Citizen (from 1925)
  - Years of publication: 1925 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Monroe Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064440
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17991770
- The West Monroe Union (from 188?)
  - The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The West Monroe Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059001
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19099047
Published In Bastrop [Morehouse Parish] ...
- Morehouse Enterprise (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Morehouse Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17499813
- Morehouse Enterprise (from 1930)
  - Years of publication: 1930 to 1952
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Morehouse Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064138
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17499827
- The Bastrop Clarion (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bastrop Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17499910
- The Bastrop Daily Enterprise (from 1952)
  - Years of publication: 1952 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bastrop Daily Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17499849
- The Bastrop Republican (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bastrop Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053660
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14174708
- The Morehouse Clarion (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Morehouse Clarion
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015218577
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 904715321
- The Morehouse Clarion (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1904
  - Issues available online: 67
  - Scanned issues: January 2, 1880 to August 30, 1895
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Morehouse Clarion
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86053659
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14174703
  - ISSN Number: 2377-8105
- The Morehouse Conservative (from 1855)
  - Years of publication: 1855 to 1873
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Morehouse Conservative
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034233
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12597831
- Twice-A-Week Morehouse Enterprise (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1930
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Twice-A-Week Morehouse Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064137
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17499867

Off-the-Road Links ...

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rayville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rayville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4707, Longitude: -91.7576 In this case, the coordinates for Rayville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).