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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pointe Claire 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 Pointe Claire. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pointe Claire. Our list contains 48 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pointe Claire.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Pointe Claire.  

Newspapers Neighboring Pointe Claire ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Pointe Claire.

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

  • Published In Opelousas  ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Opelousas. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Opelousas
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pointe Claire. This extended list includes all the papers from Opelousas. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Pointe Claire
  • Published In Breaux Bridge [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Saint Martinville [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Youngsville [Lafayette Parish] ...
    • Weekly Mail (from 1984)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pointe Claire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pointe Claire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4380, Longitude: -91.9582       In this case, the coordinates for Pointe Claire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).