Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Baton Rouge.
Our newspaper information for Baton Rouge 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 97 papers that were published in the immediate area of Baton Rouge. In addition, the list contains another 4 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Baton Rouge. In total, we've identified 101 papers within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Baton Rouge.
Newspapers Published In Baton Rouge ...
We know of 97 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Baton Rouge:
- Baton Rouge American (from 1945)
- Baton Rouge Bulletin (from 1895)
- Baton Rouge Community Leader (from 1977)
- Baton Rouge Daily Gazette (from 1856)
- Baton Rouge Daily News (from 198?)
- Baton Rouge Daily Truth (from 190?)
- Baton Rouge News Leader (from 1971)
- Baton Rouge News (from 1935)
- Baton Rouge News (from 1921)
- Baton Rouge Post (from 1937)
- Baton Rouge Post (from 1983)
- Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet (from 1865)
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- Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet (from 1865)
- Baton Rouge Weekly Press (from 198?)
- Baton-Rouge Gazette (from 1819)
- Baton-Rouge Gazette (from 1819)
- Capital City Sun (from 1933)
- Capital Journal (from 1976)
- Daily Gazette And Comet (from 1856)
- Daily State-Times (from 1908)
- Daily Truth (from 189?)
- Democratic Advocate (from 1842)
- Democratic Advocate (from 1842)
- Eagle Dispatch (from 19??)
- Fillmore Ranger (from 1856)
- Freedom (from 1933)
- Years of publication: 1933 to 1935
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Freedom
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059261
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 4872008
- Journal (from 1951)
- Years of publication: 1951 to 1966
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064090
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17498718
- Kiwi (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kiwi
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19718173
- Louisiana Capitolian (from 1879)
- Louisiana Free Enterprise (from 1955)
- Louisiana News (from 1959)
- Messager Hebdomadaire Et Feuille d'avis De Baton-Rouge (from 1826)
- Morning Advocate (from 1925)
- Morning Alternate (from 1973)
- News Leader (from 1952)
- North Baton Rouge Journal (from 1942)
- South Baton Rouge Journal (from 1989)
- Southeast News (from 1987)
- Southern Industrial And Labor Review (from 194?)
- State Times Advocate (from 1913)
- The Advocate (from 1992)
- The Baton Rouge Enterprise (from 1976)
- The Baton Rouge Gazette (from 1892)
- The Baton Rouge Herald (from 1878)
- The Baton Rouge Herald (from 1960)
- The Baton Rouge Sunday News (from 1919)
- The Baton Rouge Times (from 1904)
- The Baton Rouge Weekly News (from 1919)
- The Capital City Weekly (from 1946)
- The Capital Item (from 189?)
- The Community Leader (from 1982)
- The Courier (from 18??)
- The Daily Advocate (from 1854)
- The Daily Advocate (from 1874)
- The Daily Advocate (from 1888)
- The Daily Capital Item (from 1890)
- The Daily Capitolian-Advocate (from 1882)
- The Daily Comet (from 1850)
- The Daily Comet (from 1850)
- The Daily Louisiana Capitolian (from 1882)
- The Daily News (from 1862)
- The first year of publication was in 1862, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059179
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19638537
- The Daily State (from 1905)
- The Echelon (from 1942)
- The Evening Truth (from 18??)
- The Grand Era (from 1870)
- The Harding Field Echelon (from 1943)
- The Istrouma News (from 1933)
- The Journal East (from 1975)
- The Louisiana Presbyterian (from 1967)
- The Louisiana Press (from 19??)
- The Morning Comet (from 1856)
- The Morning Comet (from 1856)
- The New Advocate (from 1908)
- The Observer (from 1899)
- The Observer (from 1899)
- The Southern Digest (from ????)
- The State Journal (from 1871)
- The Sunday Morning News (from 1918)
- The Truth (from 1882)
- The first year of publication was in 1882, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Truth
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064159
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17502173
- The Weekly Advocate (from 1855)
- The Weekly Advocate (from 1888)
- The Weekly Capital Item (from 1888)
- The Weekly Capitolian-Advocate (from 1882)
- The Weekly Comet (from 1853)
- The Weekly Comet (from 1853)
- The Weekly Courier (from 1868)
- The Weekly Dispatch (from 1883)
- The Weekly Extra (from 1883)
- The Weekly Morning Comet (from 1856)
- The Weekly Press (from 1881)
- Tri-Weekly Advocate (from 1865)
- Tri-Weekly Gazette-Comet (from 18??)
- Weekly Gazette And Comet (from 1856)
- Weekly Leader (from 1952)
- Weekly Press (from 198?)
- Weekly Truth (from 1882)
- Woman's Enterprise (from 1921)
Newspapers Neighboring Baton Rouge ...
The following newspapers were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> of Baton Rouge.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Baton Rouge.
- Published In West Baton Rouge [West Baton Rouge Parish] ...
- Louisiana Reporter (from 1847)
- Published In Port Allen [West Baton Rouge Parish] ...
- Port Allen Observer (from 1926)
- Sugar Planter (from 1856)
- West Side Journal (from 1937)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baton Rouge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baton Rouge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4503, Longitude: -91.1547 |