Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Selma 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 Selma. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Selma. Our list contains 22 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Selma.

Newspapers Neighboring Selma ...

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

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

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 Winnfield [Winn Parish] ...
- Sgt. Dalton's Weekly (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sgt. Dalton's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059278
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16878093
- The Comrade (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1914
  - Issues available online: 54
  - Scanned issues: December 13, 1894 to September 8, 1911
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Comrade
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88064358
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17835554
  - ISSN Number: 2163-6443
- The Sentinel (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064359
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17834535
- The Southern Sentinel (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1910
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southern Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2013272169
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 862979468
- The Southern Sentinel (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1910
  - Issues available online: 394
  - Scanned issues: July 10, 1861 to April 9, 1909
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Southern Sentinel
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88064428
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17974922
  - ISSN Number: 2332-6131
- The Winnfield News-American (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Winnfield News-American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064379
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17897567
- The Winnfield Sentinel (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Winnfield Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059437
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20606868
- Winn Parish Democrat (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 1890
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Winn Parish Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064360
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17835482
- Winn Parish Enterprise And Winnfield News-American (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Winn Parish Enterprise And Winnfield News-American
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17897546
- Winn Parish Enterprise (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 1954
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Winn Parish Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064380
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17897559
- Winn Parish Enterprise (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Winn Parish Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064382
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17897519
- Winnfield Times (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1922
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Winnfield Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059030
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19175720
- [Southern Sentinel] (from 1859)
  - Years of publication: 1859 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the [Southern Sentinel]
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90056028
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21223163
Published In Colfax ...
- 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Selma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7413, Longitude: -92.3871 In this case, the coordinates for Selma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).