Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Harrisonburg.
Our newspaper information for Harrisonburg is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Harrisonburg. In addition, the list contains another 9 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Harrisonburg. In total, we've identified 13 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Harrisonburg.
Newspapers Published In Harrisonburg ...
We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Harrisonburg:
- The Catahoula News (from 1873)
- The Independent (from 1853)
- The Independent (from 1853)
- The New Era (from 186?)
- The first year of publication was in 186?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064049
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17449990
Newspapers Neighboring Harrisonburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Harrisonburg.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Harrisonburg.
- Published In Trinity ...
- The Trinity Gazette (from 1847)
- The Trinity Herald (from 1886)
- Published In Jonesville ...
- The Booster (from 1948)
- The Jonesville Booster (from 1916)
- Published In Wisner [Franklin Parish] ...
- The Wisner Herald (from 1934)
- Published In Ferriday [Concordia Parish] ...
- The Ferriday Post (from 1983)
- Published In Olla [La Salle Parish] ...
- The Olla News (from 1941)
- The Olla Signal (from 1927)
- Published In Waterproof [Tensas Parish] ...
- The Waterproof Enterprise (from 1904)
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harrisonburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrisonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7722, Longitude: -91.8214 |