Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of North Fort Polk.

Our newspaper information for North Fort Polk 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 North Fort Polk. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding North Fort Polk. Our list contains 5 papers that were published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of North Fort Polk.

Newspapers Neighboring North Fort Polk ...

The following newspapers were published within 5 miles [8 km] of North Fort Polk.

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

Published In Leesville ...
- Industrial Democrat (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Industrial Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064279
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17689034
- The Leesville Leader (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leesville Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84009669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10632139
- The People's Friend (from 1888)
  - The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Friend
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064168
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17536189
- The Toiler (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Toiler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059438
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20606888
- Vernon Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Vernon Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059397
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20537485

Footnotes ...

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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- North Fort Polk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Fort Polk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1146, Longitude: -93.1679 In this case, the coordinates for North Fort Polk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).