Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Gold Dust 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 Gold Dust. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Gold Dust. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Gold Dust.

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 Gold Dust.

Newspapers Neighboring Gold Dust ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Gold Dust.

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

Published In Bunkie ...
- The Bunkie Blade (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1916
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bunkie Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064155
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17502208
- The Bunkie Record (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bunkie Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064156
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17502220
- The Living Way (from 1898)
  - The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Living Way
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059354
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20377997
- The Record (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1959
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064157
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17502226
Published In Cottonport ...
- The Cottonport Leader (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cottonport Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064573
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18286341
Published In Ville Platte [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Evangeline Banner (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evangeline Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099501
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23720459
- The Gazette (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83008052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9693432
- The Ville Platte Gazette (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ville Platte Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11671537
Published In Lecompte [Rapides Parish] ...
- The Lecompte Drummer (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lecompte Drummer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059444
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20654944
- The Lecompte Messenger (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lecompte Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064624
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18452594
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
Published In Marksville ...
- Avoyelles Enterprise (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Avoyelles Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064226
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575842
- Avoyelles Republican (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Avoyelles Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053698
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14202546
- The Avoyelles News-leader, The Weekly News & Cottonport Leader (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to 1982
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Avoyelles News-leader, The Weekly News & Cottonport Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059233
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19718692
- The Avoyelles Pelican (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 186?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Avoyelles Pelican
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015218568
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 904344228
- The Avoyelles Pelican (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 186?
  - Issues available online: 73
  - Scanned issues: March 16, 1861 to January 16, 1864
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Avoyelles Pelican
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89059000
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19051067
  - ISSN Number: 2377-8458
- The Bulletin-Review (from 1894)
  - The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bulletin-Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064215
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17561455
- The Expositor (from 1842)
  - Years of publication: 1842 to 184?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Expositor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034232
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12597810
- The Greater Avoyelles Journal (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greater Avoyelles Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064617
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18422148
- The Marksville Bulletin (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marksville Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17562682
- The Marksville Review (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marksville Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064214
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17562693
- The Marksville Weekly News (from 1988)
  - Years of publication: 1988 to 1993
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Marksville Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88002936
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18144181
- The New Enterprise (from 1894)
  - The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064225
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575368
- The Pelican (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Pelican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83026396
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9990256
- The Prairie Star And Official Gazette Of The Parish (from 1848)
  - Years of publication: 1848 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Prairie Star And Official Gazette Of The Parish
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064210
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17562660
- The Review-Blade (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Review-Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064227
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17572120
- The Villager (from 1843)
  - Years of publication: 1843 to 1859
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Villager
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034327
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12654142
- The Weekly News (from 1982)
  - Years of publication: 1982 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83002387
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9806247
- The Weekly News (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064572
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18286329
- The Weekly Register (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Register
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034326
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12654113
Published In Opelousas [Saint Landry Parish] ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelousas. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Opelousas
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Gold Dust. This extended list includes all the papers from Opelousas. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Gold Dust

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

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- Gold Dust) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Dust. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8574, Longitude: -92.1996 In this case, the coordinates for Gold Dust have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).