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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Half Moon 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 Half Moon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Half Moon. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Half Moon.

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 Half Moon.  

Newspapers Neighboring Half Moon ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Half Moon.

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

  • Published In Opelousas  ...
    • 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 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Half Moon. 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 Half Moon
  • Published In Pointe Coupee [Pointe Coupee Parish] ...
    • Southern Tribune (from 1845)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Half Moon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Half Moon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6554, Longitude: -91.7984