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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Albemarle 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 Albemarle. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Albemarle. Our list contains 55 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Albemarle.

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 Albemarle.  

Newspapers Neighboring Albemarle ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Albemarle.

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

  • Published In Napoleonville  ...
  • Published In Thibodaux [Lafourche Parish] ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Thibodaux. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Thibodaux
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Albemarle. This extended list includes all the papers from Thibodaux. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Albemarle
  • Published In Convent [Saint James Parish] ...
    • Le Louisianais (from 1865)
      • Years of publication:  1865 to 1883
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Le Louisianais
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN82015038
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 8801060
      • ISSN Number:   2377-8059
    • Le Louisianais (from 1865)
    • Le Louisianais (from 1865)
    • St. James Sentinel (from 1871)
  • Published In Donaldsonville [Ascension Parish] ...
    • Ascension Advocate (from 1900)
    • Lafourche Gazette (from 1826)
    • Le Drapeau De l'Ascension (from 1858)
    • Le Drapeau (from 1865)
    • Le Louisianais (from 184?)
    • Le Vigilant (from 1845)
    • Planters' Advocate (from 183?)
    • The Ascension Democrat (from 188?)
    • The Ascension Leader (from 1871)
    • The Coast Journal (from 1854)
    • The Daily Times (from 1896)
    • The Donaldsonville Times (from 1895)
    • The Louisiana State Gazette And Creole (from 18??)
    • The Republican Eagle (from 1834)
    • The Triune-Democrat (from 1877)
    • The Vigilant (from 1877)
      • The first year of publication was in 1877, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Vigilant
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064550
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18196973
    • The Weekly Democrat (from 1905)
    • The Weekly Times (from 1902)
  • Published In Pierre Part  ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Albemarle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albemarle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8839, Longitude: -90.9751       In this case, the coordinates for Albemarle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).