Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Meridian.
Our newspaper information for Meridian 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 Meridian. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Meridian. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Meridian.
Newspapers Neighboring Meridian ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Meridian.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Meridian.
- Published In Glenmora [Rapides Parish] ...
- 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)
- The Patriot (from 1956)
- Published In Lecompte [Rapides Parish] ...
- The Lecompte Drummer (from 1899)
- The Lecompte Messenger (from 18??)
- Published In Bunkie [Avoyelles Parish] ...
- The Bunkie Blade (from 1888)
- The Bunkie Record (from 1917)
- The Living Way (from 1898)
- The first year of publication was in 1898, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Living Way
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059354
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20377997
- The Record (from 1958)
- Published In Oakdale [Allen Parish] ...
- Oakdale Beacon (from 19??)
- The Oakdale Journal (from 1913)
- Published In Ville Platte ...
- The Evangeline Banner (from 1908)
- The Gazette (from 1941)
- The Ville Platte Gazette (from 1985)
- Published In Mamou ...
- The Acadian Press (from 1967)
- The Mamou Acadian Press (from 1968)
- Published In Cottonport [Avoyelles Parish] ...
- The Cottonport Leader (from 1953)
- Published In Marksville [Avoyelles Parish] ...
- Avoyelles Enterprise (from 19??)
- Avoyelles Republican (from 1873)
- The Avoyelles News-leader, The Weekly News & Cottonport Leader (from 1980)
- The Avoyelles Pelican (from 1859)
- The Avoyelles Pelican (from 1859)
- The Bulletin-Review (from 1894)
- The Expositor (from 1842)
- The Greater Avoyelles Journal (from 1978)
- The Marksville Bulletin (from 1876)
- The Marksville Review (from 1880)
- The Marksville Weekly News (from 1988)
- The New Enterprise (from 1894)
- The Pelican (from 1859)
- The Prairie Star And Official Gazette Of The Parish (from 1848)
- The Review-Blade (from 18??)
- The Villager (from 1843)
- The Weekly News (from 1982)
- The Weekly News (from 1902)
- The Weekly Register (from 1868)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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- Meridian) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meridian. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9255, Longitude: -92.4054 In this case, the coordinates for Meridian have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |