Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelousas.
Our newspaper information for Opelousas 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 32 papers that were published in the immediate area of Opelousas. In addition, the list contains another 14 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Opelousas. In total, we've identified 46 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Opelousas.
Newspapers Published In Opelousas ...
We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Opelousas:
- Clarion-News (from 1929)
- Clarion-Progress (from 1921)
- Daily Clarion-Progress (from 1922)
- Daily World (from 1939)
- Daily World (from 1955)
- Hebdomadal Enquirer, And St. Landry, Lafayette, Avoyelles, And Calcasieu Advertiser (from 1841)
- Opelousas Daily World (from 1953)
- Opelousas Gazette (from 1827)
- Opelousas News And Clarion-Progress (from 1928)
- Opelousas News (from 1927)
- People's Tribune (from 189?)
- The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the People's Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064623
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18452588
- St. Landry Clarion (from 1890)
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- St. Landry Clarion (from 1890)
- St. Landry Democrat (from 1878)
- St. Landry Republican (from 1876)
- The Bureau Letter (from 1923)
- The Evangelist (from 1894)
- The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evangelist
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064701
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18839841
- The Opelousas Courier (from 1852)
- The Opelousas Courier (from 1852)
- The Opelousas Enterprise (from 1915)
- The Opelousas Herald (from 1929)
- The Opelousas Journal (from 1868)
- The Opelousas Journal (from 1868)
- The Opelousas Patriot (from 1855)
- The Opelousas Patriot (from 1855)
- The St. Landry Commoner (from 1910)
- The St. Landry Progress (from 1916)
- The St. Landry Progress (from 1867)
- The St. Landry Whig (from 1844)
- The St. Landry Whig (from 1844)
- The Star-Progress (from 1917)
- The Star-Progress (from 1917)
Newspapers Neighboring Opelousas ...
The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Opelousas.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Opelousas.
- Published In Ville Platte [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Evangeline Banner (from 1908)
- The Gazette (from 1941)
- The Ville Platte Gazette (from 1985)
- Published In Breaux Bridge [Saint Martin Parish] ...
- Breaux Bridge Banner (from 1973)
- Breaux Bridge Banner (from 1984)
- The Acadian Dispatch (from 1960)
- The Banner (from 1973)
- The Dispatch (from 1961)
- Valley Of The Teche (from 189?)
- Published In Eunice ...
- The Eunice News (from 1951)
- The New Era And Clarion-News (from 1951)
- The New Era (from 1919)
- Published In Mamou [Evangeline Parish] ...
- The Acadian Press (from 1967)
- The Mamou Acadian Press (from 1968)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Opelousas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Opelousas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5328, Longitude: -92.0811 |