Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Leighton.
Our newspaper information for Leighton 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 Leighton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Leighton. Our list contains 61 papers that were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Leighton.
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 Leighton.
Newspapers Neighboring Leighton ...
The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km] of Leighton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Leighton.
- Published In Thibodaux ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Thibodaux. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Thibodaux
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Leighton. This extended list includes all the papers from Thibodaux. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Leighton
- Published In Napoleonville [Assumption Parish] ...
- Assumption Chronicle (from 1870)
- Le Pionnier De l'Assomption (from 1850)
- Le Pionnier De l'Assomption (from 1850)
- Pioneer Of Assumption (from 185?)
- Pioneer Of Assumption (from 185?)
- The Assumption Advocate (from 1867)
- The Assumption Eagle (from 1902)
- The Assumption Pioneer (from 1895)
- Published In Convent [Saint James Parish] ...
- Le Louisianais (from 1865)
- Le Louisianais (from 1865)
- Le Louisianais (from 1865)
- St. James Sentinel (from 1871)
- Published In Houma [Terrebonne Parish] ...
- Houma Ceres (from 1855)
- Years of publication: 1855 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Houma Ceres
- Holdings: LCCN SN83026391
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9973417
- ISSN Number: 2332-5380
- Houma Ceres (from 1855)
- Houma Daily Courier And The Terrebonne Press (from 1970)
- Houma Daily Courier (from 1983)
- Houma News (from 1936)
- The Civic Guard (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 Civic Guard
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064543
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18196944
- The Houma Courier (from 1878)
- The Houma Courier (from 1878)
- The Houma Courier (from 1943)
- The Houma Daily Courier (from 1939)
- The Houma Sun (from 1938)
- The Houma Times (from 1913)
- The Terrebonne Patriot (from 1868)
- The Terrebonne Press (from 1941)
- The Terrebonne Republican (from 1874)
- The Terrebonne Republican (from 1871)
- The Terrebonne Times (from 188?)
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 from Point A (ie- Leighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7966, Longitude: -90.8579 In this case, the coordinates for Leighton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |