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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Barber Spur 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 Barber Spur. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Barber Spur. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Barber Spur.

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 Barber Spur.  

Newspapers Neighboring Barber Spur ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Barber Spur.

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

  • Published In Mamou  ...
  • Published In Ville Platte  ...
  • Published In Eunice [Saint Landry Parish] ...
  • Published In Oakdale [Allen Parish] ...
    • Oakdale Beacon (from 19??)
    • The Oakdale Journal (from 1913)
  • Published In Basile  ...
    • Basile Weekly (from 1964)
  • Published In Elton [Jefferson Davis Parish] ...
  • Published In Glenmora [Rapides Parish] ...
    • East Ascension Encounter (from 1977)
    • Gonzales Weekly (from 1920)
    • The Glenmora Patriot (from 1917)
    • The Patriot Of Glenmora (from 1955)
    • The Patriot (from 1918)
    • The Patriot (from 1918)
      • Years of publication:  1918 to 1955
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Patriot
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064299
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17730300
      • ISSN Number:   2381-3946
    • The Patriot (from 1956)
  • 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 Opelousas [Saint Landry Parish] ...
    • 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Barber Spur. 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 Barber Spur

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 from Point A (ie- Barber Spur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barber Spur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6910, Longitude: -92.4268       In this case, the coordinates for Barber Spur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).