Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morgan City 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 14 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morgan City. In addition, the list contains another 32 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morgan City. In total, we've identified 46 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Morgan City.

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 Morgan City.

Newspapers Published In Morgan City ...

We know of 14 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Morgan City:

Morgan City Free Press (from 188?)
- Years of publication: 188? to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Morgan City Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82014246
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8810619
Morgan City Review (from 187?)
- Years of publication: 187? to 1915
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Morgan City Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064291
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17734583
Morgan City Review (from 1920)
- Years of publication: 1920 to 1963
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Morgan City Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064294
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17734619
Rural Topics
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1909
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rural Topics
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064552
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18196969
The Chronicle (from 191?)
- Years of publication: 191? to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064545
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18202774
The Daily Review (from 1963)
- Years of publication: 1963 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily Review
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064295
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17734626
The Free Press (from 1879)
- Years of publication: 1879 to 188?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059166
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19689906
The Herald (from 1909)
- Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064544
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18202770
The Independent Democrat (from 18??)
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1899
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064551
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18197023
The Morgan City Daily Review (from 1916)
- Years of publication: 1916 to 1920
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Morgan City Daily Review
- Holdings for: LCCN 2015270561
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 918942414
The Morgan City Daily Review (from 1916)
- Years of publication: 1916 to 1920
- Issues available online: 883
- Scanned issues: August 14, 1916 to June 30, 1919
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: The Morgan City Daily Review
- Holdings: LCCN SN88064293
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17734611
- ISSN Number: 2381-5272
The Morgan City Outlook And Rural Topics (from 1909)
- Years of publication: 1909 to 1918
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Morgan City Outlook And Rural Topics
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064680
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18701423
The Morgan City Voice (from 18??)
- Published during 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Morgan City Voice
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059323
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20235789
The Review-Bulletin (from 1915)
- Years of publication: 1915 to 1916
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Review-Bulletin
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064292
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17734603

Newspapers Neighboring Morgan City ...

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

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

Published In Berwick ...
- The Berwick Banner (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Berwick Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059325
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20237038
Published In Patterson ...
- The New Era (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059326
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20237118
- The Patterson Echo (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Patterson Echo
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059316
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20214912
- The Patterson Tribune (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Patterson Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059320
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20214922
- The St. Mary Optic (from 1894)
  - Years of publication: 1894 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Mary Optic
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059322
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20235782
Published In Pierre Part [Assumption Parish] ...
- Pierre Part News Letter (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pierre Part News Letter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059319
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20214900
Published In Franklin ...
- The St. Mary Banner (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The St. Mary Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015270566
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 925933593
Published In Napoleonville [Assumption Parish] ...
- Assumption Chronicle (from 1870)
  - The first year of publication was in 1870, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Assumption Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86090611
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15060012
- Le Pionnier De l'Assomption (from 1850)
  - Years of publication: 1850 to 185?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Le Pionnier De l'Assomption
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015218585
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 904726631
- Le Pionnier De l'Assomption (from 1850)
  - Years of publication: 1850 to 185?
  - Issues available online: 288
  - Scanned issues: September 8, 1850 to December 10, 1855
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Le Pionnier De l'Assomption
  - Holdings: LCCN SN86090609
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15059989
  - ISSN Number: 2377-8415
- Pioneer Of Assumption (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 1895
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pioneer Of Assumption
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2013272167
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 862979202
- Pioneer Of Assumption (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 1895
  - Issues available online: 262
  - Scanned issues: June 16, 1877 to December 27, 1879
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Pioneer Of Assumption
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88064275
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17970154
  - ISSN Number: 2332-5445
- The Assumption Advocate (from 1867)
  - Years of publication: 1867 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Assumption Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87091002
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15060000
- The Assumption Eagle (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Assumption Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064258
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17614617
- The Assumption Pioneer (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Assumption Pioneer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064276
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17636299
Published In Thibodaux [Lafourche Parish] ...
- 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Morgan City. 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 Morgan City

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Morgan City: www.cityofmc.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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- Morgan City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgan City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7006, Longitude: -91.2001