Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Purvis 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 Purvis. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Purvis. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Purvis.

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 Purvis.  

Newspapers Neighboring Purvis ...

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

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

• 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Purvis. 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 Purvis
• Published In Pointe Coupee [Pointe Coupee Parish] ...
  • Southern Tribune (from 1845)
    • Years of publication:  1845 to ????
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Southern Tribune
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87090124
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152052

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/