Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakdale 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oakdale. In addition, the list contains another 21 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oakdale. In total, we've identified 23 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakdale.

Newspapers Published In Oakdale ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Oakdale:

Oakdale Beacon (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Oakdale Beacon
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83003585
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10153990
The Oakdale Journal (from 1913)
- Years of publication: 1913 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Oakdale Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064277
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17688810

Newspapers Neighboring Oakdale ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakdale.

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

Published In Glenmora [Rapides Parish] ...
- East Ascension Encounter (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Ascension Encounter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064700
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18839860
- Gonzales Weekly (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 2007
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Gonzales Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064312
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17730057
- The Glenmora Patriot (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Glenmora Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064298
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17730255
- The Patriot Of Glenmora (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 1956
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Patriot Of Glenmora
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064300
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17730315
- The Patriot (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 1955
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2015270550
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 924268727
- The Patriot (from 1918)
  - Years of publication: 1918 to 1955
  - Issues available online: 230
  - Scanned issues: May 3, 1918 to December 15, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - 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)
  - Years of publication: 1956 to 1958
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Patriot
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064301
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17730327
Published In Mamou [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Acadian Press (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Acadian Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064220
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575893
- The Mamou Acadian Press (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mamou Acadian Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064221
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575902
Published In Basile [Evangeline Parish] ...
- Basile Weekly (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17449969
Published In Elton [Jefferson Davis Parish] ...
- The Elton Progress (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elton Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064270
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17631574
Published In Lecompte [Rapides Parish] ...
- The Lecompte Drummer (from 1899)
  - Years of publication: 1899 to 191?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lecompte Drummer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059444
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20654944
- The Lecompte Messenger (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lecompte Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064624
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18452594
Published In Ville Platte [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Evangeline Banner (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evangeline Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099501
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23720459
- The Gazette (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83008052
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9693432
- The Ville Platte Gazette (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ville Platte Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000503
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11671537
Published In Kinder ...
- Kinder Progress (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kinder Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064235
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575976
- The Kinder Courier News (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1993
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kinder Courier News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064082
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17497391
Published In Eunice [Saint Landry Parish] ...
- The Eunice News (from 1951)
  - Years of publication: 1951 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Eunice News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85004832
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12747985
- The New Era And Clarion-News (from 1951)
  - Published during 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era And Clarion-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064256
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17616643
- The New Era (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064255
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17616629

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8159, Longitude: -92.6546 In this case, the coordinates for Oakdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).