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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ridge 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 Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Ridge. Our list contains 37 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Ridge.

Newspapers Neighboring Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Ridge.

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

  • Published In Youngsville  ...
    • Weekly Mail (from 1984)
  • Published In Crowley [Acadia Parish] ...
  • Published In Kaplan [Vermilion Parish] ...
    • Kaplan Journal (from 1935)
    • The Kaplan Journal (from 1956)
    • The Kaplan Times (from 19??)
  • Published In Abbeville [Vermilion Parish] ...
    • Abbeville Meridional (from 1907)
    • Abbeville Progress (from 1913)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
    • The Meridional (from 1856)
      • 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)
    • The Vermilion Post (from 1948)
    • The Vermillion Star (from 1889)
  • Published In Breaux Bridge [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Saint Martinville [Saint Martin Parish] ...
  • Published In Gueydan [Vermilion Parish] ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1592, Longitude: -92.1671