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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Hancock 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 Hancock. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Hancock. Our list contains 53 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Hancock.

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 Hancock.  

Newspapers Neighboring Hancock ...

The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of Hancock.

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

  • Published In Monroe  ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Monroe. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Monroe
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of Hancock. This extended list includes all the papers from Monroe. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Hancock
  • Published In Bastrop [Morehouse Parish] ...
  • Published In West Monroe  ...
    • The Citizen (from 1980)
    • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1983)
    • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1927)
    • The Ouachita Democrat (from 1887)
    • The West Monroe Citizen (from 1925)
    • The West Monroe Union (from 188?)
  • Published In Rayville [Richland Parish] ...

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- Hancock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hancock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5960, Longitude: -91.9554       In this case, the coordinates for Hancock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).