Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Columbia.
Our newspaper information for Columbia 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Columbia. In addition, the list contains another 13 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Columbia. In total, we've identified 18 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Columbia.
Newspapers Published In Columbia ...
We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Columbia:
- The Caldwell News (from 1861)
- The Caldwell Watchman And Progress (from 1946)
- The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (from 1947)
- The Caldwell Watchman (from 1885)
- The Columbia Herald (from 1874)
Newspapers Neighboring Columbia ...
The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Columbia.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Columbia.
- Published In Olla [La Salle Parish] ...
- The Olla News (from 1941)
- The Olla Signal (from 1927)
- Published In Winnsboro [Franklin Parish] ...
- Franklin Sun (from 1856)
- The Franklin Sun-Franklin Parish News (from 1951)
- The Franklin Sun (from 18??)
- The Franklin Sun (from 1922)
- The Louisiana Herald (from 1865)
- The Rising Star (from 1908)
- Published In Wisner [Franklin Parish] ...
- The Wisner Herald (from 1934)
- Published In Harrisonburg [Catahoula Parish] ...
- The Catahoula News (from 1873)
- The Independent (from 1853)
- The Independent (from 1853)
- The New Era (from 186?)
- The first year of publication was in 186?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17449990
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 from Point A (ie- Columbia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1025, Longitude: -92.0769 In this case, the coordinates for Columbia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |