Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rayne 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 Rayne. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rayne. Our list contains 32 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Rayne.

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 Rayne.  

Newspapers Neighboring Rayne ...

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

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

• Published In Crowley  ...
  • Crowley Daily Signal (from 1922)
    • Years of publication:  1922 to 1974
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Crowley Daily Signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064337
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820759
  • The Acadian-signal (from 1930)
    • Years of publication:  1930 to 1946
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Acadian-signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064334
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820674
  • The Acadian (from 1923)
    • Years of publication:  1923 to 1930
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Acadian
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064697
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18772274
  • The Crowley Mirror (from 18??)
    • Years of publication:  18?? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Crowley Mirror
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059392
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20425581
  • The Crowley Post Herald (from 1966)
    • Years of publication:  1966 to 1974
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Crowley Post Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87091086
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16917169
  • The Crowley Post-signal (from 1974)
    • Years of publication:  1974 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Crowley Post-signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064338
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12758846
  • The Crowley Signal (from 1888)
    • Years of publication:  1888 to 1930
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Crowley Signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064333
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820657
  • The Daily Signal (from 1898)
    • Years of publication:  1898 to 1922
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Daily Signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064336
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17820746
  • The Rice Belt News (from 18??)
    • Years of publication:  18?? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Rice Belt News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059393
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20425592
• Published In Kaplan [Vermilion Parish] ...
  • Kaplan Journal (from 1935)
    • 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 Kaplan Journal (from 1956)
    • 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??)
    • 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
• Published In Youngsville [Lafayette Parish] ...
  • Weekly Mail (from 1984)
    • Years of publication:  1984 to 1986
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Weekly Mail
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90056009
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20937762
• Published In Abbeville [Vermilion Parish] ...
  • Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
    • 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)
    • Years of publication:  1913 to 1944
    • Issues available online:   463
    • Scanned issues:   March 1, 1913  to  December 31, 1921
    • Catalog of available issues online
    • 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
  • The Meridional (from 1856)
    • 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)
    • Years of publication:  1856 to 1906
    • Issues available online:   1867
    • Scanned issues:   December 22, 1877  to  December 30, 1905
    • Catalog of available issues online
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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
• Published In Eunice [Saint Landry Parish] ...
  • The Eunice News (from 1951)
    • Years of publication:  1951 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Eunice News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85004832
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12747985
  • The New Era And Clarion-News (from 1951)
    • Published during 1951
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The New Era And Clarion-News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064256
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17616643
  • The New Era (from 1919)
    • Years of publication:  1919 to 1951
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The New Era
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064255
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17616629
• Published In Gueydan [Vermilion Parish] ...
  • The Gueydan Journal (from 1983)
    • 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??)
    • 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
• Published In Breaux Bridge [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Breaux Bridge Banner (from 1973)
    • Published during 1973
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Breaux Bridge Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059349
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20368169
  • Breaux Bridge Banner (from 1984)
    • Years of publication:  1984 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Breaux Bridge Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90056010
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20938216
  • The Acadian Dispatch (from 1960)
    • Published during 1960
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Acadian Dispatch
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059350
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20368195
  • The Banner (from 1973)
    • Years of publication:  1973 to 1974
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059348
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20368182
  • The Dispatch (from 1961)
    • Published during 1961
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Dispatch
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059351
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20368207
  • Valley Of The Teche (from 189?)
    • Years of publication:  189? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Valley Of The Teche
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059353
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20368242
• Published In Opelousas [Saint Landry Parish] ...
  • 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 Rayne. 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 Rayne

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Rayne: www.rayne.org/

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