Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock 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 Rock. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock. Our list contains 34 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Rock.

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 Rock.  

Newspapers Neighboring Rock ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Rock.

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

• Published In Colfax [Grant Parish] ...
  • Grant Parish Democrat (from 19??)
    • Published during 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Grant Parish Democrat
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059417
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20576951
  • Grant Parish Enterprise (from 1928)
    • Years of publication:  1928 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Grant Parish Enterprise
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059418
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20576974
  • The Chronicle (from 1981)
    • Years of publication:  1981 to current
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Chronicle
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064177
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17527541
  • The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
    • Years of publication:  1876 to 1877
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Colfax Chronicle
    • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013272179
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 865543533
  • The Colfax Chronicle (from 1876)
    • Years of publication:  1876 to 1877
    • Issues available online:   44
    • Scanned issues:   July 15, 1876  to  September 15, 1877
    • Catalog of available issues online
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card:   The Colfax Chronicle
    • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064175
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17527464
    • ISSN Number:   2332-7324
  • The Colfax Chronicle (from 1877)
    • Years of publication:  1877 to 1981
    • Issues available online:   2372
    • Scanned issues:   November 9, 1877  to  December 30, 1922
    • Catalog of available issues online
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card:   The Colfax Chronicle
    • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064176
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17527527
    • ISSN Number:   2163-6370
  • The People's Demands (from 18??)
    • Years of publication:  18?? to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The People's Demands
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059431
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20602301
• Published In Alexandria  ...
  • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alexandria. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alexandria
  • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Rock. This extended list includes all the papers from Alexandria. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rock
• Published In Montgomery [Grant Parish] ...
  • Montgomery Mail (from 1892)
    • Years of publication:  1892 to 1894
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Montgomery Mail
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064520
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18132856
• Published In Pineville  ...
  • Pineville News (from 1947)
    • Years of publication:  1947 to 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Pineville News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064352
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17833427
  • Rapides Free Press (from 19??)
    • Published during 19??
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Rapides Free Press
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89059432
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20602338
  • The Red River Journal (from 1975)
    • Years of publication:  1975 to 1981
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Red River Journal
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88064351
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17833369

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/

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