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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sharon 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 Sharon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sharon. Our list contains 33 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Sharon.

Newspapers Neighboring Sharon ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km] of Sharon.

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

  • Published In Bernice [Union Parish] ...
  • Published In Vienna [Lincoln Parish] ...
  • Published In Homer  ...
  • Published In Junction City [Union County] ...
  • Published In Arcadia [Bienville Parish] ...
  • Published In Ruston [Lincoln Parish] ...
  • Published In Farmerville [Union Parish] ...
    • The Gazette (from 1878)
    • The Home Advocate (from 1885)
    • The Home Advocate (from 1885)
      • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The Home Advocate
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88064297
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17689077
      • ISSN Number:   2381-5132
    • Union Record (from 1867)
  • Published In Gibsland [Bienville Parish] ...
  • Published In Mount Lebanon [Bienville Parish] ...
    • Louisiana Baptist (from 1856)
    • Louisiana Baptist (from 1856)
  • Published In Haynesville  ...

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7718, Longitude: -92.7640       In this case, the coordinates for Sharon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).