Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shear 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 Shear. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shear. Our list contains 12 papers that were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Shear.

Newspapers Neighboring Shear ...

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

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

Published In Burkeville [Newton County] ...
- Newton County Record (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Newton County Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083479
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17944286
Published In Leesville [Vernon Parish] ...
- Industrial Democrat (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 1937
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Industrial Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064279
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17689034
- The Leesville Leader (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leesville Leader
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84009669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10632139
- The People's Friend (from 1888)
  - The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The People's Friend
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064168
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17536189
- The Toiler (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Toiler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059438
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20606888
- Vernon Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Vernon Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89059397
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20537485
Published In Newton [Newton County] ...
- Newton County News (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Newton County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88083045
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17370056
- The Cutover-Land Farmer (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cutover-Land Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089830
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14563988
- The Newton Herald (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newton Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059102
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29645034
- The Newton News (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86089833
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14564020
Published In DeQuincy [Calcasieu Parish] ...
- The DeQuincy Journal (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1972
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The DeQuincy Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064600
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18385815
- The DeQuincy News (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The DeQuincy News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064189
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17545393

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shear) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shear. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8083, Longitude: -93.3629 In this case, the coordinates for Shear have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).