Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Baton Rouge.

Our newspaper information for West Baton Rouge is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Baton Rouge. In addition, the list contains another 97 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Baton Rouge. In total, we've identified 98 papers within 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> of West Baton Rouge.

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 West Baton Rouge.

Newspapers Published In West Baton Rouge ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West Baton Rouge area:

Louisiana Reporter (from 1847)
- The first year of publication was in 1847, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Louisiana Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89059368
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20381236

Newspapers Neighboring West Baton Rouge ...

The following newspapers were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> of West Baton Rouge.

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

Published In Port Allen ...
- Port Allen Observer (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Port Allen Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064073
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17462702
- Sugar Planter (from 1856)
  - Years of publication: 1856 to 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Sugar Planter
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2014218461
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 885312570
- West Side Journal (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Side Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88064346
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17866658
Published In Baton Rouge [East Baton Rouge Parish] ...
- We know of 97 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Baton Rouge. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Baton Rouge
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> of West Baton Rouge. This extended list includes all the papers from Baton Rouge. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Baton Rouge

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- West Baton Rouge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Baton Rouge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4502, Longitude: -91.2051 In this case, the coordinates for West Baton Rouge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).