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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lafayette 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 Lafayette. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Lafayette. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Lafayette.

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 Lafayette.  

Newspapers Neighboring Lafayette ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Lafayette.

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

  • Published In Breaux Bridge [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Youngsville  ...
    • Weekly Mail (from 1984)
  • Published In Saint Martinville [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Abbeville [Vermilion Parish] ...
    • Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
    • Abbeville Progress (from 1913)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
      • Years of publication:  1856 to 1906
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Meridional
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064005
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17315025
      • ISSN Number:   2329-4280
    • The Republican Idea (from 1897)
    • The Vermilion Post (from 1948)
    • The Vermillion Star (from 1889)
  • Published In Crowley [Acadia Parish] ...
  • Published In Opelousas [Saint Landry Parish] ...
    • 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Lafayette. 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 Lafayette

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lafayette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lafayette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2241, Longitude: -92.0165