Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Fontenot is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fontenot. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Fontenot. Our list contains 38 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Fontenot.

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 Fontenot.

Newspapers Neighboring Fontenot ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Fontenot.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Fontenot.

Published In Kinder ...
- Kinder Progress (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kinder Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064235
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575976
- The Kinder Courier News (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1993
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kinder Courier News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064082
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17497391
Published In Elton [Jefferson Davis Parish] ...
- The Elton Progress (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elton Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064270
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17631574
Published In Basile [Evangeline Parish] ...
- Basile Weekly (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17449969
Published In Iowa [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- The Iowa News (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Iowa News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099515
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25604751
Published In Lake Charles [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lake Charles. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lake Charles
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Fontenot. This extended list includes all the papers from Lake Charles. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Fontenot
Published In Eunice [Saint Landry Parish] ...
- The Eunice News (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eunice News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85004832
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12747985
- The New Era And Clarion-News (from 1951)
  - Published during 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era And Clarion-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064256
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17616643
- The New Era (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064255
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17616629
Published In Maplewood [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- The Maplewood-Star (from 1944)
  - Years of publication: 1944 to 1953
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Maplewood-Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064406
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17941382
Published In Oakdale ...
- Oakdale Beacon (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Oakdale Beacon
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83003585
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10153990
- The Oakdale Journal (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Oakdale Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064277
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17688810
Published In Mamou [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Acadian Press (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Acadian Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064220
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575893
- The Mamou Acadian Press (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mamou Acadian Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064221
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575902

Footnotes ...

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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- Fontenot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fontenot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4383, Longitude: -92.8774 In this case, the coordinates for Fontenot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).