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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Forked Island 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 Forked Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Forked Island. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Forked Island.

Newspapers Neighboring Forked Island ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Forked Island.

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

  • Published In Kaplan  ...
    • Kaplan Journal (from 1935)
    • The Kaplan Journal (from 1956)
    • The Kaplan Times (from 19??)
  • Published In Abbeville  ...
    • Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
    • Abbeville Progress (from 1913)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
      • Years of publication:  1856 to 1906
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Meridional
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064005
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17315025
      • ISSN Number:   2329-4280
    • The Republican Idea (from 1897)
    • The Vermilion Post (from 1948)
    • The Vermillion Star (from 1889)
  • Published In Gueydan  ...
  • Published In Crowley [Acadia Parish] ...
  • Published In Youngsville [Lafayette Parish] ...
    • Weekly Mail (from 1984)

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forked Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forked Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8313, Longitude: -92.3001       In this case, the coordinates for Forked Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).