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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Packton 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 Packton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Packton. Our list contains 23 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Packton.

Newspapers Neighboring Packton ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Packton.

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

  • Published In Winnfield  ...
  • Published In Colfax [Grant Parish] ...
  • Published In Montgomery [Grant Parish] ...
    • Montgomery Mail (from 1892)
  • Published In Olla [La Salle Parish] ...
    • The Olla News (from 1941)
    • The Olla Signal (from 1927)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Packton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Packton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7977, Longitude: -92.5768       In this case, the coordinates for Packton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).