Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Jacksonville. Our list contains 13 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jacksonville.

Newspapers Neighboring Jacksonville ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Jacksonville.

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

Published In Leesville ...
- Industrial Democrat (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Industrial Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064279
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17689034
- The Leesville Leader (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leesville Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84009669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10632139
- The People's Friend (from 1888)
  - The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Friend
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064168
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17536189
- The Toiler (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Toiler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059438
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20606888
- Vernon Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Vernon Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059397
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20537485
Published In Colfax [Grant Parish] ...
- Grant Parish Democrat (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Grant Parish Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059417
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20576951
- Grant Parish Enterprise (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Grant Parish Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059418
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20576974
- The Chronicle (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064177
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17527541
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1877
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Colfax Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2013272179
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 865543533
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1877
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Colfax Chronicle
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88064175
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17527464
  - ISSN Number: 2332-7324
- The Colfax Chronicle (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Colfax Chronicle
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88064176
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17527527
  - ISSN Number: 2163-6370
- The People's Demands (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Demands
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059431
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20602301
Published In Montgomery [Grant Parish] ...
- Montgomery Mail (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Montgomery Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064520
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18132856

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jacksonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jacksonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3241, Longitude: -92.9913 In this case, the coordinates for Jacksonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).