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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Amite City 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Amite City. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Amite City. In total, we've identified 65 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Amite City.

Newspapers Published In Amite City ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Amite City (between 1864 and 192?) :

  • Amite City Gazette (from 1885)
  • Amite City Independent (from 1876)
  • Amite City Times (from 1867)
    • The first year of publication was in 1867, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Amite City Times
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064001
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17311686
  • Florida Parishes Times (from 192?)
  • Independent (from 1874)
  • Tangipahoa Parish News (from 1925)
  • The Amite City Advocate (from 1905)
  • The Amite City Democrat (from 1874)
  • The Florida Parishes (from 1890)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • The Louisiana Star (from 1865)
    • The Sunday Wanderer (from 1863)
    • The Tangipahoa Advocate (from 1869)
    • The Tangipahoa Democrat (from 1872)
    • The True Democrat (from 189?)
    • Tri-Weekly Wanderer (from 1864)

The following papers were published when Amite City was known as Amite:

Newspapers Neighboring Amite City ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Amite City.

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

  • Published In Roseland  ...
  • Published In Greensburg [Saint Helena Parish] ...
  • Published In Kentwood  ...
    • Kentwood Commercial (from 1895)
    • Kentwood News (from 19??)
    • The Kentwood Ledger (from 1966)
  • Published In Hammond  ...
  • Published In Osyka [Pike County] ...
  • Published In Ponchatoula  ...
    • Livingston Herald (from 1868)
    • The Drum (from 198?)
      • Years of publication:  198? to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Drum
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90056024
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21188856
    • The Enterprise (from 1921)
    • The News Herald (from 1947)
    • The Ponchatoula Times (from 1981)
  • Published In Livingston [Livingston Parish] ...
    • Livingston Leader (from 1980)
  • Published In Springfield [Livingston Parish] ...
    • The Bee (from 1893)
      • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bee
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064365
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17864423
    • The Springfield Ledger (from 18??)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Amite City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tangipahoa Parish: www.tangicouncil.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amite City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amite City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7323, Longitude: -90.5132       In this case, the coordinates for Amite City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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