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Local Newspapers for the Community Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Community Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.

We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of the Community Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Community Cemetery.

  • Published In Mamou
  • Published In Ville Platte
  • Published In Eunice   [Saint Landry Parish, LA]
  • Published In Basile
  • Published In Oakdale   [Allen Parish, LA]
  • Published In Elton   [Jefferson Davis Parish, LA]
  • Published In Opelousas   [Saint Landry Parish, LA]
    • The Acadian Press (from Clarion-News)
    • The Mamou Acadian Press (from Clarion-Progress)
    • The Evangeline Banner (from Daily Clarion-Progress)
    • The Gazette (from Daily World)
      • Years of publication:  Daily World to 1953
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016580
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9910781
    • The Ville Platte Gazette (from Daily World)
    • The Eunice News (from Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser)
      • Years of publication:  Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Eunice News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016695
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9991580
    • The New Era And Clarion-News (from Opelousas Daily World)
    • The New Era (from Opelousas Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Opelousas Gazette to 1866
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016696
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9991921
    • Basile Weekly (from Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress)
      • Years of publication:  Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress to 1928
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064253
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17616370
    • Oakdale Beacon (from Opelousas News)
    • The Oakdale Journal (from People's Tribune)
      • The first year of publication was in People's Tribune, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Oakdale Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064623
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18452588
    • The Elton Progress (from St. Landry Clarion)
    • Clarion-News (from St. Landry Clarion)
    • Clarion-Progress (from St. Landry Democrat)
    • Daily Clarion-Progress (from St. Landry Republican)
      • The first year of publication was in St. Landry Republican, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily Clarion-Progress
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064313
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17768672
    • Daily World (from The Bureau Letter)
      • Years of publication:  The Bureau Letter to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily World
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064702
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18845179
    • Daily World (from The Evangelist)
      • The first year of publication was in The Evangelist, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Daily World
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064701
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18839841
    • Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser (from The Opelousas Courier)
    • Opelousas Daily World (from The Opelousas Courier)
    • Opelousas Gazette (from The Opelousas Enterprise)
    • Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress (from The Opelousas Herald)
    • Opelousas News (from The Opelousas Journal)
    • People's Tribune (from The Opelousas Journal)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • St. Landry Democrat (from The St. Landry Commoner)
    • St. Landry Republican (from The St. Landry Progress)
    • The Bureau Letter (from The St. Landry Progress)
    • The Evangelist (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • The Opelousas Courier (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • The Opelousas Courier (from The Star-Progress)
    • The Opelousas Enterprise (from The Star-Progress)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Opelousas.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Community Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6296, Longitude: -92.4026       In this case, the coordinates for the Community Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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