Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Colfax.
Our newspaper information for Colfax 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Colfax. In addition, the list contains another 33 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Colfax. In total, we've identified 40 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Colfax.
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 Colfax.
Newspapers Published In Colfax ...
We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Colfax:
- Grant Parish Democrat (from 19??)
- Grant Parish Enterprise (from 1928)
- The Chronicle (from 1981)
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1877)
- The People's Demands (from 18??)
Newspapers Neighboring Colfax ...
The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Colfax.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Colfax.
- Published In Montgomery ...
- Montgomery Mail (from 1892)
- Published In Alexandria [Rapides Parish] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alexandria. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alexandria
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Colfax. This extended list includes all the papers from Alexandria. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Colfax
- Published In Pineville [Rapides Parish] ...
- Pineville News (from 1947)
- Rapides Free Press (from 19??)
- The Red River Journal (from 1975)
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 from Point A (ie- Colfax) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colfax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5192, Longitude: -92.7069 |