Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Roanoke 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 Roanoke. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Roanoke. Our list contains 30 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Roanoke.

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 Roanoke.

Newspapers Neighboring Roanoke ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Roanoke.

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

Published In Iowa [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- The Iowa News (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Iowa News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91099515
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25604751
Published In Elton ...
- The Elton Progress (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elton Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064270
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17631574
Published In Kinder [Allen Parish] ...
- Kinder Progress (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Kinder Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064235
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17575976
- The Kinder Courier News (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1993
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Kinder Courier News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064082
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17497391
Published In Basile [Evangeline Parish] ...
- Basile Weekly (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Basile Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17449969
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 Crowley [Acadia Parish] ...
- 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 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 Lake Charles [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lake Charles. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lake Charles
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Roanoke. This extended list includes all the papers from Lake Charles. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Roanoke

Footnotes ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Roanoke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roanoke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2369, Longitude: -92.7471 In this case, the coordinates for Roanoke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).