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Local Newspapers for the Reed Cemetery ...

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

Our newspaper information for the Reed 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of the Reed 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 Reed Cemetery.

  • Published In Mamou
  • Published In Eunice   [Saint Landry Parish, LA]
  • Published In Ville Platte
  • Published In Basile
  • 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 Eunice News (from Daily Clarion-Progress)
    • The New Era And Clarion-News (from Daily World)
    • The New Era (from Daily World)
      • Years of publication:  Daily World to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064414
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17941374
    • The Evangeline Banner (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 Evangeline Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016695
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9991580
    • The Gazette (from Opelousas Daily World)
      • Years of publication:  Opelousas Daily World to 1955
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gazette
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064413
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17941370
    • The Ville Platte Gazette (from Opelousas Gazette)
    • 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
    • The Elton Progress (from Opelousas News)
    • Clarion-News (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 Clarion-News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064623
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18452588
    • Clarion-Progress (from St. Landry Clarion)
    • Daily Clarion-Progress (from St. Landry Clarion)
    • Daily World (from St. Landry Democrat)
    • Daily World (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 World
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064313
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17768672
    • Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser (from The Bureau Letter)
    • Opelousas Daily World (from The Evangelist)
    • Opelousas Gazette (from The Opelousas Courier)
    • Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress (from The Opelousas Courier)
    • Opelousas News (from The Opelousas Enterprise)
      • Years of publication:  The Opelousas Enterprise to 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Opelousas News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064331
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820726
    • People's Tribune (from The Opelousas Herald)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The Opelousas Journal)
    • St. Landry Clarion (from The Opelousas Journal)
    • St. Landry Democrat (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • St. Landry Republican (from The Opelousas Patriot)
    • The Bureau Letter (from The St. Landry Commoner)
    • The Evangelist (from The St. Landry Progress)
    • The Opelousas Courier (from The St. Landry Progress)
    • The Opelousas Courier (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • The Opelousas Enterprise (from The St. Landry Whig)
    • The Opelousas Herald (from The Star-Progress)
    • The Opelousas Journal (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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Reed Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5849, Longitude: -92.3990       In this case, the coordinates for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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