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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Augusta 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 Augusta. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Augusta. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Augusta.

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 Augusta.  

Newspapers Neighboring Augusta ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Augusta.

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

  • Published In Bunkie [Avoyelles Parish] ...
    • The Bunkie Blade (from 1888)
    • The Bunkie Record (from 1917)
    • The Living Way (from 1898)
      • The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Living Way
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059354
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20377997
    • The Record (from 1958)
  • Published In Ville Platte [Evangeline Parish] ...
  • Published In Cottonport [Avoyelles Parish] ...
  • Published In Mamou [Evangeline Parish] ...
  • Published In Lecompte [Rapides Parish] ...
  • Published In Marksville [Avoyelles Parish] ...
  • Published In Opelousas  ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelousas. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Opelousas
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Augusta. This extended list includes all the papers from Opelousas. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Augusta

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Augusta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Augusta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8338, Longitude: -92.2048       In this case, the coordinates for Augusta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).