Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Riverton 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 Riverton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Riverton. Our list contains 35 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Riverton.

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 Riverton.  

Newspapers Neighboring Riverton ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Riverton.

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

• Published In Columbia  ...
  • The Caldwell News (from 1861)
    • The first year of publication was in 1861, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Caldwell News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059264
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19861111
  • The Caldwell Watchman And Progress (from 1946)
    • Years of publication:  1946 to 1947
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Caldwell Watchman And Progress
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064182
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17536261
  • The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (from 1947)
    • Years of publication:  1947 to 1990
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Caldwell Watchman-Progress
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064183
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17536271
  • The Caldwell Watchman (from 1885)
    • Years of publication:  1885 to 1946
    • Issues available online:   316
    • Scanned issues:   March 23, 1894  to  December 29, 1916
    • Catalog of available issues online
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card:   The Caldwell Watchman
    • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064181
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17536250
    • ISSN Number:   2163-6389
  • The Columbia Herald (from 1874)
    • Years of publication:  1874 to 1885
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Columbia Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86053685
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14201986
• Published In Olla [La Salle Parish] ...
  • The Olla News (from 1941)
    • Years of publication:  1941 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Olla News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064687
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18712438
  • The Olla Signal (from 1927)
    • Years of publication:  1927 to 1936
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Olla Signal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064065
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17462715
• Published In Winnsboro [Franklin Parish] ...
  • Franklin Sun (from 1856)
    • Years of publication:  1856 to 1910
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Franklin Sun
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064370
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17870415
  • The Franklin Sun-Franklin Parish News (from 1951)
    • Years of publication:  1951 to 1952
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun-Franklin Parish News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064373
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17870432
  • The Franklin Sun (from 18??)
    • Years of publication:  18?? to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016572
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 192110695
  • The Franklin Sun (from 1922)
    • Years of publication:  1922 to 1951
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Franklin Sun
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064372
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17870424
  • The Louisiana Herald (from 1865)
    • The first year of publication was in 1865, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Louisiana Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87090123
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15152049
  • The Rising Star (from 1908)
    • Years of publication:  1908 to 1919
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Rising Star
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064371
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17870402
• Published In Eros [Jackson Parish] ...
  • The Eros Plaindealer (from 19??)
    • Published during 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Eros Plaindealer
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059415
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20576889
• Published In Monroe [Ouachita Parish] ...
  • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Monroe. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Monroe
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Riverton. This extended list includes all the papers from Monroe. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Riverton
• Published In West Monroe [Ouachita Parish] ...
  • The Citizen (from 1980)
    • Years of publication:  1980 to 1983
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064442
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17991782
  • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1983)
    • Years of publication:  1983 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ouachita Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83006106
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10239747
  • The Ouachita Citizen (from 1927)
    • Years of publication:  1927 to 1980
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ouachita Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064441
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17991775
  • The Ouachita Democrat (from 1887)
    • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ouachita Democrat
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059003
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19099080
  • The West Monroe Citizen (from 1925)
    • Years of publication:  1925 to 1927
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The West Monroe Citizen
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064440
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17991770
  • The West Monroe Union (from 188?)
    • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The West Monroe Union
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059001
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19099047

Off-the-Road Links ...

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