Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Pecan Island.
Our newspaper information for Pecan Island 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 Pecan Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pecan Island. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Pecan Island.
Newspapers Neighboring Pecan Island ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Pecan Island.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Pecan Island.
- Published In Gueydan ...
- The Gueydan Journal (from 1983)
- The Gueydan News (from 18??)
- Published In Kaplan ...
- Kaplan Journal (from 1935)
- The Kaplan Journal (from 1956)
- The Kaplan Times (from 19??)
- Published In Abbeville ...
- Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
- Abbeville Progress (from 1913)
- The Meridional (from 1856)
- The Meridional (from 1856)
- The Republican Idea (from 1897)
- The Vermilion Post (from 1948)
- The Vermillion Star (from 1889)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pecan Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pecan Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6466, Longitude: -92.4532 In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |