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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Kentwood 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Kentwood. In addition, the list contains another 44 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Kentwood. In total, we've identified 47 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Kentwood.

Newspapers Published In Kentwood ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Kentwood:

  • Kentwood Commercial (from 1895)
  • Kentwood News (from 19??)
  • The Kentwood Ledger (from 1966)

Newspapers Neighboring Kentwood ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Kentwood.

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

  • Published In Osyka [Pike County] ...
  • Published In Greensburg [Saint Helena Parish] ...
  • Published In Roseland  ...
  • Published In Amite City  ...
    • Amite City Gazette (from 1885)
    • Amite City Independent (from 1876)
    • Amite City Times (from 1867)
      • The first year of publication was in 1867, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Amite City Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064001
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17311686
    • Florida Parishes Times (from 192?)
    • Independent (from 1874)
    • Tangipahoa Parish News (from 1925)
    • The Amite City Advocate (from 1905)
    • The Amite City Democrat (from 1874)
    • The Florida Parishes (from 1890)
    • The Louisiana Star (from 1865)
    • The Sunday Wanderer (from 1863)
    • The Tangipahoa Advocate (from 1869)
    • The Tangipahoa Democrat (from 1872)
    • The True Democrat (from 189?)
    • Tri-Weekly Wanderer (from 1864)
  • Published In Magnolia [Pike County] ...
  • Published In McComb [Pike County] ...
  • Published In Summit [Pike County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kentwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kentwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9393, Longitude: -90.5090