Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 12 newspapers that have been published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Pecan Island. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1907 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Abbeville Meridional
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064004
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17614629
Abbeville Progress (from 1913)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1913 to 1944
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Abbeville Progress
- Holdings: LCCN SN88064057
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17450013
- ISSN Number: 2163-5528
Kaplan Journal (from 1935)
- Published in Kaplan [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1935 to 1936
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kaplan Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064115
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17500268
The Gueydan Journal (from 1983)
- Published in Gueydan [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1983 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gueydan Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85007260
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12175957
The Gueydan News (from 18??)
- Published in Gueydan [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 18?? to 1951
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Gueydan News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064508
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18132950
The Kaplan Journal (from 1956)
- Published in Kaplan [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1956 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kaplan Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064109
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17500261
The Kaplan Times (from 19??)
- Published in Kaplan [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1951
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Kaplan Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064507
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18132934
The Meridional (from 1856)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1856 to 1906
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Meridional
- Holdings for: LCCN 2013218799
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 846856665
The Meridional (from 1856)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1856 to 1906
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: The Meridional
- Holdings: LCCN SN88064005
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17315025
- ISSN Number: 2329-4280
The Republican Idea (from 1897)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1897 to 1905
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Republican Idea
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064009
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17319231
The Vermilion Post (from 1948)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1948 to 1953
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Vermilion Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064003
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17312430
The Vermillion Star (from 1889)
- Published in Abbeville [Vermilion Parish]
- Years of publication: 1889 to 1909
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Vermillion Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88064007
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17319083

Footnotes ...

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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 drawn 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).