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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lewiston 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 Lewiston. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Lewiston. Our list contains 49 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Lewiston.

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 Lewiston.  

Newspapers Neighboring Lewiston ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Lewiston.

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

  • Published In Alexandria  ...
    • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alexandria. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alexandria
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Lewiston. This extended list includes all the papers from Alexandria. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lewiston
  • Published In Glenmora  ...
    • East Ascension Encounter (from 1977)
    • Gonzales Weekly (from 1920)
    • The Glenmora Patriot (from 1917)
    • The Patriot Of Glenmora (from 1955)
    • The Patriot (from 1918)
    • The Patriot (from 1918)
      • Years of publication:  1918 to 1955
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Patriot
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064299
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17730300
      • ISSN Number:   2381-3946
    • The Patriot (from 1956)
  • Published In Pineville  ...
  • Published In Lecompte  ...
  • Published In Colfax [Grant Parish] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lewiston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewiston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2010, Longitude: -92.7351       In this case, the coordinates for Lewiston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).